Entirely new concepts are very rare in politics.

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.

When evil is allowed to compete with good, evil has an emotional populist appeal that wins out unless good men and women stand as a vanguard against abuse.

Politically, the weakness of the argument has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget very quickly that they chose evil.

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.

The greatest enemy of authority, therefore, is contempt, and the surest way to undermine it is laughter.

One of the greatest advantages of the totalitarian elites of the twenties and thirties was to turn any statement of fact into a question of motive.

There is a strange interdependence between thoughtlessness and evil.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

Only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.

I was head over heels, now I just see my heel in your head

Life is a miracle. We, all of us are creator beings. We are the joyful choice makers.

He has led us in here against our fears, but he will lead us out again, at whatever cost to himself.

My parents are deeply pious Hindus.

I'm blessed with eight children - though I'm talking about eight adults now.

By the supernatural miracle of God's grace I stand justified, not because I am sorry for my sin, not because I have repented, but because of what Jesus has done.

Canada will also look into their policies to avoid a repeat. They will go after their exporter.

My name is immaterial,' she said. That's a pretty name,' said Rincewind.

We're losing a species every few seconds. We cannot put them back. If we change our mind and say, 'Oops, we made a mistake' - it's too late. This is the world we live with.

Life is lived on the edge.