....to abuse the intellect for reasons of pride, vanity, or escape from responsibility, is the fruit of that same tree.

One should be embarrassed to speak of God in the third person.

Bless me Father, I ate a lizard.

I'm not so sure he's mad, Father. Just a little devious in his sanity.

But neither infinite power nor infinite wisdom could bestow godhood upon men. For that there would have to be infinite love as well.

Listen, my dear Cors, why don't you forgive God for allowing pain? If He didn't allow it, human courage, bravery, nobility, and self-sacrifice would all be meaningless things.

That's where all of us are standing now, he thought. On the fat kindling of past sins.

Soon the sun will set'- is that prophecy? No, it's merely an assertion of faith in the consistency of events.

When you tire of living, change itself seems evil, does it not? for then any change at all disturbs the deathlike peace of the life-weary.

Because a doubt is not a denial. Doubt is a powerful tool, and it should be applied to history.

Ask for an omen, then stone it when it comes -- de essentia hominum.

Let's love everyone without judging them, then we will find the heaven in earth.

Okay, maybe I'm not cooler than you, but I felt like I was for a second. Just let me have my moment!

I fear no man, no woman; flower does not fear bird, insect nor adder.

I am attracted to the diversity of different characters. I like doing things that test the boundaries of character and genres, outside the comfort zone.

You gotta win. That's all it takes.

You must play for the love of music. Perfect technique is not as important as making music from the heart.

As our eyes age, they have a tougher and tougher time adjusting to rapid changes in lighting, and we need to be aware of this.

Close Dept. of Education, but don't dismantle public schools.

Whenever the cause of the people is entrusted to professors, it is lost.

The arts are encroaching one upon another, and from a proper use of this encroachment will rise the art that is truly monumental.