It has never been given to a man to attain at once his happiness and his salvation.

We shall never know how many acts of cowardice have been motivated by the fear of appearing not sufficiently progressive.

A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket.

He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.

We must always tell what we see. Above all, and this is more difficult, we must always see what we see.

Freedom is a system based on courage.

Life holds only one tragedy, ultimately: not to have been a saint.

The faith that I love the best, says God, is hope.

It is better to have a war for justice than peace in injustice.

The sinner is at the heart of Christianity. No one is as competent as the sinner in matters of Christianity. No one, except a saint.

Any father whose son raises his hand against him is guilty of having produced a son who raised his hand against him.

A person who has lost his power of love has become blind to the beauties of life.

It's funny, isn't it, " Miss Woolf whispered in Ursula's ear, "how much German music we listen to. Great beauty transcends all. Perhaps after the war it will heal all too.

Fraternity among nations, however, touches the deepest desire of human nature.

To be a fool at the right time is also an art.

Movies are one of the bad habits that have corrupted our century. They have slipped into the American mind more misinformation in one evening than the Dark Ages could muster in a decade.

People naturally change a lot during their 20s, so my songs reflect that progression.

Christians must share their faith in obedience to the Great Commission, because we are only seeing the fruit of sin this side of death.

Everyone is an idiot," I stated. "Except me.

The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its affections to a few esteemed characters.