Goodness that comes out of hiding and assumes a public role is no longer good, but corrupt in its own terms and will carry its own corruption wherever it goes.

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 always thought I was an extrovert until I became a theatre major. Then I realised I just didn't like silence.

Don't be a pepper on the eyes of people

Don't kill!...The fly is asking youTo save his lifeBy rubbing his hands together

Everything fades away when we lock eyes with the one who calls us His own.

You don’t have to have vision to be a visionary

Horsepower sells motorcars and torque wins motor races.

God always seems bigger to those who need him most. And suffering is the tool he uses to help us need him more.

As I grow and get older, mature a bit, and work on my big boy voice a little bit, I definitely want to direct.

Those who control the wealth of this society have an influence over political life far in excess of their number.

One thing I want to say: I don't like victim stories and I don't write them.