But my doubt would not be overcome. Kierkegaard had declared that it was only to the consciousness of sin that Christianity was not horror or madness. For me it was sometimes both.

I encountered among my comrades the most varied human traits, from frankness to reserve, from goodness, uprightness and kindness, to brutality and baseness.

The person upon whom the schoolboys' attention centred was, of course, the Headmaster.

A love for humanity came over me, and watered and fertilised the fields of my inner world which had been lying fallow, and this love of humanity vented itself in a vast compassion.

Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types.

I did not know what it was to be happy for a whole day at a time, scarcely for an hour.

Among the delights of Summer were picnics to the woods.

He who does not understand a joke, he does not understand Danish.

The Danish glee: the national version of cheerfulness.

I was not given to looking at life in a rosy light.

Being gifted needs courage.

I think I know where my life went wrong. For all the world's a stage and I'm a lousy actor!

He was nearsighted. The future lay before him, inevitable but invisible.

If Canada, one of the richest nations in the world, can't meet Kyoto targets, why should China or India give any considerations for meeting the targets?

Failure isn't something to be embarrassed about; it's just proof that you're pushing your limits, trying new things, daring to innovate.

The theater, for all its artifices, depicts life in a sense more truly than history.

I should never go with rumors because they're often not correct.

A country that can put men on the moon can put women in the constitution.

The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.

I wrote on a show called Johnny Bravo when I was at Hanna-Barbera and he guest-starred as himself.

To the vulgar eye, few things are wonderful that are not distant