The human world is full of weak-minded people, who think they're as clever as can be and are convinced that it's terribly important to persuade even the children that Fanstastica doesn't exist.

You must let what happens happen. Everything must be equal in your eyes, good and evil, beautiful and ugly, foolish and wise.

There are many kinds of joy, but they all lead to one: the joy to be loved.

Nothing is lost. . .Everything is transformed.

Maybe all the people who say ghosts don't exist are just afraid to admit that they do.

What he had hoped for was his ruin and what he had feared his salvation.

He's a good old sort. If only he weren't plumb crazy!

It was a wonderful feeling, a sense of release and boundless freedom that he had never known before. He was beyond the reach of all the things that had weighed him down and hemmed him in.

... Up until then he had always wanted to be someone other than he was, but he didn't want to change.

When it comes to controlling human beings there is no better instrument than lies. Because, you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated.

... Without memory how will you ever find your way back to where you came from?

Right is what benefits a nation, even if it is against the will of the people.

Already a connoisseur of boredom, Tony extended his acquaintance with Salisbury's furnished lodgings and the cheap residential hotels of Andover.

The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.

Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress.

I want a thousand guitars . . .

Some of us are returning to sanity, because we're tired of the pain. We're in a hurry. No time to mess around.

When you turn your heart and your life over to Christ, when you accept Christ as the savior, it changes your heart. It changes your life. And that's what happened to me.

Why should be elite, music? Excuse me. Music must be for everybody.

Believe it or not, when we were first married, our combined monthly student loan bills were actually higher than our mortgage.

I was really poor for most of my adult life.