No one is wise enough, no nation is important enough, no human interest is precious enough, to justify the wholesale destruction and murder which constitute the science of war.

Evil is a fact, not to be explained away, but to be accepted; and accepted, not to be endured, but to be conquered.

Society is always engaged in a vast conspiracy to preserve itself - at the expense of the new demands of each new generation.

If Christians were Christians, there would be no anti-Semitism. Jesus was a Jew. There is nothing that the ordinary Christian so dislikes to remember as this awkward historical fact.

Priests are no more necessary to religion than politicians are to patriotism.

When I say 'God' it is poetry and not theology

The thought of immortality is as well founded as any other well authenticated postulate of the human reason.

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

And when the clouds do clear awayGet a momentary chance to seeThe thing I've been trying to beat to deathThe soft creature that I used to beThe better animal I used to be

The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.

I watch everybody every night, from sitting down to being on their feet at the end, and I feel a sense of reinvention, of caring, presenting these songs in their purest form.

Every sin is the distortion of an energy breathed into us.

Beauty like hers is genius.

Love is timeless and dependable. It's a safe place where I can breathe.

I was elected by the women of Ireland, who instead of rocking the cradle, rocked the system.

I support good relations with other countries. A policy of détente will be a central issue for me.

In leaving negativity behind, you find something beautiful.