Books were the sustenance of God. And His munitions.

Since the Cuban Revolution and since the invasion of Santo Domingo a state of emergency has existed in Latin America. The Marines shoot at anything that moves, regardless of partyaffiliation.

We are never completely contemporaneous with our present. History advances in disguise; it appears on stage wearing a mask of the preceding scene, and we tend to lose the meaning of the play.

The prime role of a leader is to offer an example of courage and sacrifice.

God, a born extremist, is the diplomat's worst enemy. Quite apart from the fact that His decrees are irrevocable, the Absolute will not allow anyone to relativize matters.

Difference is not the opposite of harmony but its condition.

Harvey Dent: You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

I am going to hurt you.You are going to hurt me.But we will do it with practiced fingersand passionate mouthsand I swear to godit will be worth something.

The crown must constantly earn citizens' appreciation, respect and trust.

Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we cannot soar by saying, 'Just watch!'

I always told my dad I'd play professional football.

When the heart becomes empty, the mimbar of the Divine Oneness is placed therein and the sultan of gnosis sits upon it.

Fame isn't healthy for a writer.

The Rosary is a school of Prayer. The Rosary is a school of Faith.

I'm working on my new album right now. Hopefully to get that out at the top of 2005, January 2005.

The flag of racialism which has been hoisted in Wolverhampton is beginning to look like the one that fluttered 25 years ago over Dachau and Belsen.