In order to deliver the emotional truth in the story, you have to include some of the literal truth.

Lying eats into the soul. If it becomes a habit it frays the edge of your spirit. Truth telling, although sometimes harder to do, strengthens your heart. It serves a person ill not to tell the truth.

What I try to do - and I think this is the former librarian in me - is to get primary source material.

What makes a human being want to kill another who has done him no personal harm? Patriotism.

If you are not a Conchie, what are you man?' demanded the Major.After some moments' thought, Francis said, 'I am a human being who does not believe in killing my fellow man for insufficient reason.

Suffering is the common lot of man.

The Maestro spoke again. "When we are not, at what point do we become?" I could not reply. For I had grasped no shape of his thoughts. I understood neither what he said nor his intent behind it.

Human history is full of great men, great women, individuals, with the will for power - all of them with governesses like her.

Without hope, there is no despair. There is only meaningless suffering.

I know that even at moments of apparent danger, nothing is out of order or lacking, other than our own unquestioned thoughts about those moments.

The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society.

Love must be learned again and again... Hate needs no instruction, but waits only to be provoked.

Ecstasy is a drug so powerful, it makes white people think they can dance.

You are not loved when you are lovely, but when you are loved you are found to be lovely.

What is impossible with man is child's play with God.

Our mind is where our pleasure is, our heart is where our treasure is, our love is where our life is, but all these, our pleasure, treasure, and life, are reposed in Jesus Christ.

As against having beautiful workshops, studies, etc., one writes best in a cellar on a rainy day.