Many love humanity only in order to forget God with a clear conscience.

In an age in which the media broadcast countless pieces of foolishness, the educated man is defined not by what he knows, but by what he doesn't know.

Modern man is a prisoner who thinks he is free because he refrains from touching the walls of his dungeon.

Hierarchies are celestial. In hell all are equal.

Faith is not knowledge of an object but communion with it.

In the intelligent man faith is the only remedy for anguish.The fool is cured by “reason, ” “progress, ” alcohol, work.

In spiritually arid centuries, the only man to realize that the century is dying from thirst is the man who still harnesses an underground spring.

Modern man is a prisoner who thinks he is free because he refrains from touching thewalls of his dungeon.

Phrases are pebbles that the writer tosses into the reader’s soul.The diameter of the concentric waves they displace depends on the dimensions of the pond.

In unremarkable texts we soon trip on phrases that penetrate into us, as if a sword has thrust up to its hilt inside us.

Everything that makes man feel that mystery envelops him makes him more intelligent.

Newt Scamander : "My philosophy is that worrying means you suffer twice.

Carla was wearing a No Fear sweatshirt. You are too old, Amy wanted to tell her, for legible clothing.

And at some point I would like to talk my publisher into doing an anthology of my poetry alongside some teen readers' poetry. It would be fun, and really wonderful to get their stuff out there.

We have two political parties in this country, the Stupid Party and the Evil Party. I belong to the Stupid Party.

I need to brush my teeth. And I need a shower." He grinned, hopping off the bike. "Now that is an invitation.

Once upon a time, I thought denial was a river in Egypt. It's actually the attitude of the Abbott government.

Looking a certain way is a blessing and a curse.

First, the security and privacy of sensitive taxpayer information is absolutely essential.

The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.

A consistent pursuit of classical physics forces a transformation in the very heart of that physics.