Murder, considered a crime when people commit it singly, is transformed into a virtue when they do it en masse.

Be constantly committed to prayer or to reading [Scripture]; by praying, you speak to God, in reading, God speaks to you.

May all Christians be found worthy of either the pure white crown of a holy life or the royal red crown of martyrdom.

This supernatural bread and this consecrated chalice are for the health and salvation of mankind.

No one is strong in his own strength, but he is safe by the grace and mercy of God.

In proportion to the size of the vessel of faith, brought by us to the Lord, is the measure we draw out of His overflowing grace.

If He prayed who was without sin, how much more it becometh a sinner to pray!

If a murder is committed privately it is considered a crime. But if it happens with the authority of the state, they call it courage.

Custom is often only the antiquity of error.

He [Christ] protects their faith and gives strength to believers in proportion to the trust that each man who receives that strength is willing to place in him.

For the helmsman is recognized in the tempest; in the warfare the soldier is proved.

Specifically, I’d like to debate whether cannibalism ought to be grounds for leniency in murders, since it’s less wasteful.

You may control people physically by force, but you won’t change their hearts and minds—that requires trust and friendship.

There are no intermediaries when it comes to matters of change. Anyone who is not for change is against it. Anyone who is against change is an enemy of nature!

The tragedy of life is not that a man loses but that he almost wins.

I use my fiction to explore my own unconscious issues. I usually don't even know what's going on with me until I'm writing.

I think national pride leads to nothing but wars and hate.

I'm not that big a fan of marriage as an institution, and I don't know why women need to have children to be seen as complete human beings.

The presence of fear does not mean you have no faith. Fear visits everyone. But make your fear a visitor and not a resident.

A man is given the choice between loving women and understanding them

If you’re not pissing someone off, you probably aren’t doing anything important.