Better to be a laughing-stock than lose the fort for fear of being one.

And what will they do to you when you have told them this story?' Esca said very simply, 'They will kill me.' 'I am sorry, but I do not think much of that plan.' Marcus said.

Hope-it was a fire that lit the soul, a belief in both the impossible and in everything imaginable, the budding anticipation of joy, waiting with each breath.

To hell with what anyone thinks about your life, but you should know what you think about it.

Is there any stab as deep as wondering where and how much you failed those you loved?

I have the distinction of speaking to you from one of the few countries that still has a communist party.

Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.

I think the leaders inevitably express the people they are leading.

Visionaries are limited by their visions.

When I was nine I spent a lot of my time reading books about the history of comedy, or listening to the Goons or Hancock, humour from previous generations.

I remember one time going out to the mound to talk with Bob Gibson. He told me to get back behind the batter; that the only thing I knew about pitching was that it was hard to hit!

We must be very careful not to assign this deliverance the attributes of a victory. Wars are not won by evacuations