The mystery of creation was always between two, in an awareness that there was always both a 'thou'and and 'I'.

Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right.

Man is never alone. Acknowledged or unacknowledged, that which dreams through him is always there to support him from within.

We have a mighty task before us. The earth needs our assistance.

Life is its own journey, presupposes its own change and movement, and one tries to arrest them at one's eternal peril.

Of all man's inborn dispositions there is none more heroic than the love in him. Everything else accepts defeat and dies, but love will fight no-love every inch of the way.

Creativity and love come from the same source.

You cannot take the life of your times further than you have taken yourself.

Organized religion is making Christianity political rather than making politics Christian.

There is a way in which the collective knowledge of mankind expresses itself, for the finite individual, through mere daily living . . . a way in which life itself is sheer knowing.

[The] Japanese were a people in a profound, inverse, reverse, or if I preferred it, even perverse sense, more in love with death than living.

Prayer is the breath of our spirit-man

Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one--the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts, ...Your affectionate uncle, Screwtape.

An audience is in many respects no more than a mob under loose control.

I’m going to trust this, I’m going to follow my path and my passion and I’m going to write from my heart...

Violence can always destroy power; out of the barrel of a gun grows the most effective command, resulting in the most instant and perfect obedience. What never can grow out of it is power.

The builder of the best racing car is not necessarily its best driver.

In New York City there are interesting characters and there are interesting stories. There's a story on every street corner. I love it. I think that's what really attracts me to making films.

Over a pint in the pub, you have a good moan That's the fate of every Magpie While Mam perfects her game show skills Giving talks at the WI

You know, I am a Leo. Lion is a giant part of me.

It's to try to spread the Word of God - the true meaning of Christmas. And that is more important than anything else.