And what would we be, we sinful creatures, without fear, perhaps the most foresighted, the most loving of the divine gifts?

Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.

But it has often happened that I have found the most seductive depictions of sin in the pages of those very men of incorruptible virtue who condemned their spell and their effects.

Fear prophets, Adso, and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them.

El diablo no es el príncipe de la materia, el diablo es la arrogancia del espíritu, la fe sin sonrisa, la verdad jamás tocada por la duda.

Then why do you want to know?""Because learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do.

Because learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do.

Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means...

The beauty of the universe consists not only of unity in variety, but also of variety in unity.

Scratch the heresy and you will find the leper. Every battle against heresy wants only this: to keep the leper as he is.

He is, or has been, in many ways a great man. But for this very reason he is odd. It is only petty men who seem normal.

No one would have been invited to dinner so often as Jesus was unless he were interesting and had a sense of humor.

I continue to believe that if children are given the necessary tools to succeed, they will succeed beyond their wildest dreams!

Anything I do, I spend a lot of time. I do it with passion and intensity. I want to be in charge.

I must have decided wrongly, because I am not at peace.

Constraints inspire us in how we approach the press, how we approach business relationships, how we do everything.

You know the bank I used to cry all the way to. I bought it.

Gold will not always get you good soldiers, but good soldiers can get you gold.

I do not think that the educational program of our schools should be determined by what the community thinks it needs.

No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty. Good men will obey the last, but bad ones the former only. If our government ever fails, it will be from this weakness.

Sci-fi films are the epic films of the day because we can no longer put 10,000 extras in the scene - but we can draw thousands of aliens with computers.