But perhaps God's purpose in the world (I am only thinking aloud here) is to draw his creatures to him. And you have to admit that tragedies like this one at Virginia Tech help to do that!

The paradox of liberal tolerance is that it extends to Marxists, transsexuals, and Islamic radicals, but not to conservatives or Christians.

...Slavery appears such a relatively mild business that one begins to wonder why Frederick Douglass and so many others ever tried to escape.

I really want to move to a country where the poor people are fat.

Blacks' problems lie not in the heads of white people but rather in the wasted and incompletely fulfilled lives of too many black people.

Some critics accuse capitalism of being a selfish system, but the selfishness is not in capitalism - it is in human nature.

With capitalism and prosperity came something new: the idea of progress. This is the notion that things are getting better and will continue to get better in the future.

Somehow freedom for religious expression has become freedom from religious expression.

Whenever the government is involved, there is an element of coercion.

Christianity is the very root and foundation of Western civilization.

War on terror' is a misnomer. It would be like calling America's involvement in World War II a 'war on kamikazism.' Terrorism, like kamikazism, is a tactic.

The beauty of Catholicism is every human being's right.

If we have our eyes upon ourselves, our problems, and our pain, we cannot lift our eyes upward. A child looks up when he’s walking with his father, and the same should be true for the Christian.

As for me I will follow the path of the pink bunnies.

The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.

There are many people in the world who are running after vanity. They are striving after things that the Lord is not building.

Adultery is the ultimate deal-breaker for me. I would rather be alone than in a relationship that doesn't honor me.

I have just returned from the dubbing studio where I spoke into a microphone as Severus Snape for absolutely the last time.

Thou shalt come out of a warme Sunne into God's blessing.

The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people.

I can't believe that I would keep, keep you from flying And I would cry a thousand more if that's what it takes to sail you home.