New converts displayed a most un-Roman concern for the sick man.

Disgust at idols strengthened his love for idolaters, and the man who once held Gentile neighbors at a distance now listened to their problems, fears, and temptations.

A colleague like Barnabas could comfort him (Paul) in illness and keep him from overstrain when fit.

In his late forties, an age when men settle to comforts and seek a firm base, Paul began his roughest travels.

His (Paul's) entire personality within mutation. He was being turned inside out as he led Jesus light the recesses of his soul.

Though blue sky and the road’s yellow dust and the green of the nearing oasis were all snuffed out, he (newly converted Saul) did not miss them. Light suffused his blinded eyes, his mind.

Faith in Christ leaped from person to person like some divine epidemic, not of disease but of spiritual health.

The modern State, whether in a totalitarian or a democratic country, has far too much power, and we are probably right to fear it.

History is made not of facts set in stone but of the stories we tell.

Better to live under one tyrant a thousand miles away, than a thousand tyrants one mile away.

The patient's autonomy always, always should be respected, even if it is absolutely contrary - the decision is contrary to best medical advice and what the physician wants.

Lately I've been listening to some classical music again, some jazz.

Failures are inevitable. Unfortunately, in film they live for ever and they're 40 ft wide and 20 ft high.

I think that every new record is a chance to... I think what it is for me is my heart and soul at that moment in time... I've always felt that just being able to make a record is a privilege.

I’m only able to write poetry, for the most part, when I have a Muse, a woman who focuses the world for me.

So far as I am concerned, I am not at all aware that there indeed exists a serious side as well to my cartoons drawn in an inspired mood of mischievous abandon.

To live well and honorably and justly are the same thing.