And what more should I say since it expels the whole host of the virtues from the chamber of the human heart and introduces every barbarous vice as if the bolts of the doors were pulled out.

Do not be depressed. Do not let your weakness make you impatient. Instead, let the serenity of your spirit shine through your face. Let the joy of your mind burst forth.

He pours light into our minds, arouses our desire and gives us strength... As the soul is the life of the body, so the Holy Spirit is the life of our souls.

Nobody can fight properly and boldly for the faith if he clings to a fear of being stripped of earthly possessions.

We hold our tongues in check because if they are undisciplined they empty the soul of the strength of heavenly grace, and weaken its healthful vigour.

Through a woman [Eve] a curse fell upon the earth; through a woman [Mary] as well there returned to the earth a blessing.

I scourge both flesh and spirit because I know that I have offended in both flesh and spirit.

Desperation will drive you to do things you know will never make you whole again and even to lose the very thing you’re desperate for.

Life is too short to spare an hour of it in the indulgence of this evil passion.

To try to blackmail a president into giving them some concessions on issues that have nothing to do with the budget.

Memo to young journalists: Democratic victories are always ascribed to hope; Republican ones to rage.

Kortchnoi's heritage is many-faceted - over the decades he has several times corrected and changed his style. But the main thing has invariably remained his search for chess truth.

All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering.

I like to be able to play a character and act out a lot of things which I can't or don't do in my normal everyday life.

If we had known that one of those terrorist attacks was coming, could our government have electronically eavesdropped on the attackers without a warrant?

Honestly, the most uncomfortable thing for me is my level of incompetence is uncomfortable.

The prologues are over. It is a question, now, Of final belief. So, say that final belief Must be in a fiction. It is time to choose.