Not the Christian religion only, but nature herself, cries out against the state of slavery.

It has served us well, this myth of Christ.

What profit has not that fable of Christ brought us!

There are many, and there will be many, who will gladly purchase eternal life for a small price, if they see that others are fighting for God in earnest, rather than pretending to do so.

As far as Martin [Luther] himself is concerned, O good God, what have we overlooked or not done? What fatherly charity have we omitted that we might call him back from such errors?

Since God has been pleased to give us the Papacy, let us enjoy it.

No person shall preach without the permission of his Superior. All preachers shall explain the Gospel according to the Fathers. They shall not explain futurity or the times of Antichrist!

To deny that in a child after baptism sin remains is to treat with contempt both Paul and Christ.

Since God has been pleased to give us the Papacy let us enjoy it.

The only things you regret are the things you didn't do.

There is no education system in the world - none at all - that's better than its average teacher.

I’m interested in something which is built up from within, rather than just extracted from without.

You're either sexy or you're not. I'm very self-conscious about my physiognomy.

Disaster can take a nation by surprise, slowly, and then all at once.

That is what I liked about being on stage. I was comfortable there, and I could be myself with confidence.

Not to be alone. To be spared the possibility of knowing oneself, in aloneness.

The feelings we live through in love and in loneliness are simply, for us, what high tide and low tide are to the sea.

It is vital to any organization, to be strong and effective, to be ethical.

It's in my blood to be on the radio every day. I've done it since I was 16 years old.