Part of the terrible irony of war is that it enlists the best in human nature for purposes of mutual destruction.

The attempt to interpret human behavior in terms of models derived from the natural sciences eventually destroys personal responsibility.

The holy God proved holy by his righteous acts.

Learn to adapt like a bird. We can only dream of flying but the bird has already grown her wings.

I had to decide what I was going to do, and what I was going to be.I was standing there, waiting for someone to do something, till I realised the person I was waiting for was myself.

He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor.

I think I would like to discover a new root where people don't get bored with people singing boring lines but something exciting. That'd be interesting.

There are too many people in the world as it is, but the supply of ancient manuscripts is severely limited.

When I hear a man applauded by the mob I always feel a pang of pity for him. All he has to do to be hissed is to live long enough.

Yes, there's a lot of crazy stuff going on there, but it still comes down to those seven people. What are they going to do? How are they going to deal with everything?

We are entering an increasingly dangerous period of our history. But I'm an optimist.