God welcomes genuine service, and that is the service of a soul that offers the bare and simple sacrifice of truth; but from false service, the mere display of material wealth, He turns away.

There's nothing on it worthwhile, and we're not going to watch it in this household, and I don't want it in your intellectual diet.

Television is a gift of God, and God will hold those who utilize his divine instrument accountable to him.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle. by Saint Philo of Alexandria

Those who give hoping to be rewarded with honor are not giving, they are bargaining.

Learning is by nature curiosity... prying into everything, reluctant to leave anything, material or immaterial, unexplained.

Build a wardrobe rather than focusing on trends.

The body is the soul's house. Shouldn't we therefore take care of our house so that it doesn't fall into ruin?

Emotions become more violent when expression is stifled.

What God is to the world, that parents are to their children.

A Judge must bear in mind that when he tries a case he is himself on trial.

I was brought up Christian, then I was agnostic and then I realized I was atheist... This movie [Agora] is about fundamentalism and hate.

He who helps you in your worst moment well deserves to be your best hero!

A partial truth is nothing more than an entire lie.

We must begin to inculcate our children against militarism by educating them in the spirit of pacifism. Our schoolbooks glorify war and conceal it's horror. I would teach peace rather than war.

That happens quite a lot in Hot Chip - you can let go of something that was originally essential to the creation of a song.

As you may know, I am a mechanical engineer.

Thus, the ultimate choice for a man, inasmuch as he is driven to transcend himself, is to create or to destroy, to love or to hate.

One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another adult, but it is rash to assume that the child feels any love in return.

I find that when I put my spiritual life first, the rest of my life is easy. When I put my career first, that's when I have problems.

I agree with Dante, that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality. There comes a time when silence becomes betrayal.