[O]ther thinkers have philosophised since the time of Plato, but that does not destroy the interest and beauty of his philosophy

Men—I would like to take this opportunity to extend your formal invitation. Gender equality is your issue too.

Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.

What a Lover sees in the Beloved is the projected shadow of his own potential beauty in the eyes of God.

The biggest lesson we have to give our children is truth.

Trying to write music, be in a band and keep it all happening is one of the hardest, morale-destroying, heartbreaking things you will ever try to do - and that's when it's going well.

Liberty is the soul's right to breathe and, when it cannot take a long breath, laws are girdled too tight.

Every day Catholics prove that you can be a good Catholic and a good Democrat and have a different position from the Church on abortion.

Let's not be intimidated by secular people who disparage Christian involvement in politics.

When I looked at things for what they are I was fool enough to persist in my folly and found that each photograph was a mirror of my Self.

Do we soon forget the things we cannot see?