The neglect of the humanities in present-day education is doubtless not a cause but a symptom of an age.

Canada is not a melting-pot. Canada is an association of peoples who have, and cherish, great differences but who work together because they can respect themselves and each other.

Technology has been defined, perhaps a little ungenerously, as "a long Greek name for a bag of tools".

Truth must the guide of those who hold the power; but humility is their sign, the promise that their privileges are in safe hands.

The age which we live in is not suited to idle complacency or to pleasant dreams of past greatness.

It is the University's function to turn out well-balanced persons with an understanding of themselves and of their place in life.

The great menace of civilization in the present is that we offer an education with too little regard for the roots.

We can best serve the cause of Canadian unity and understanding by living first in and through and then beyond our own immediate traditions.

Old wives' tales are not enough in a day when old wives and old men, too, are constantly moving away from their labours.

History is the necessary food of good and noble sentiments. It ought to give us at once humility and confidence in the face of greatness.

How great a quality is horse sense! Someone has defined it as that something which keeps horses from betting on men!

God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

For out of fear and need each religion is born, creeping into existence on the byways or reason.

Pausing allows you to take a beat to take a breath in your life. As everybody else is rushing around like a lunatic out there, I dare you to do the opposite.

If you do it right, it will last forever.

The God Delusion makes me embarrassed to be an atheist, and the McGraths show why.

...[P]eople who shout joy from the rooftops are often the saddest of all... (p.24)

In fact, every day I'll read a chapter of some art book. I don't know why. It's just a habit.

Whether youre making a million dollar film or a $100 million film there is never enough money, theres never enough time.

It’s not that I want money. It’s the fun of making money and watching it grow.

Why is it that there's more indignation over a photo of a prisoner with underwear on his head than over the video of a young American with no head at all?