The next worse thing to a battle lost is a battle won.

Even for the most excitable preacher, there was nothing inherently sinful about a waffle.

Great art has dreadful manners. The greatest paintings grab you in a headlock, rough up your composure, and then proceed in short order to re-arrange your reality.

Charlie Hebdo: Satire was the father of true political freedom, born in the 18th century; the scourge of bigots and tyrants. Sing its praises.

Histories never conclude; they just pause their prose. Their stories are, if they are truthful, untidy affairs, resistant to windings-up and sortings-out. They beat raggedly on into the future.

Irreverence is the lifeblood of freedom.

What can art really do in the face of atrocity?

The irony about Charles II is not that he came to the throne because England needed a successor to Charles I, but because England needed a successor to Oliver Cromwell.

There are some places where history just grabs you by the jugular. This is one of them.

Nations don't start out. There is not a particular moment when they unveil the essence of themselves. They are always a work in progress.

But it struck me that the extreme violence and cruelty of the English Civil War had gone understated.

Was it worth it? My death, I mean. Did I die for something worthwhile?

In the midst of the storm, my only anchor is the Saviour.

I really enjoyed Casino Royale because suddenly something changed with this modernity and with Daniel bringing life to James Bond in a very new way.

If emotional issues remain unaddressed over long periods of time, sometimes they can manifest as physical blocks or disease.

Wisdom, humanity & courage, these three are universal virtues. The way by which they are practiced are one.

To acheive happiness, we should make certain that we are never without an important goal.

It was just something normal in my family to play sports. It wasn't necessarily forced on us. It was just something we enjoyed.

Everything happens at the time it needs to happen. I do not push destiny. Boxers take different paths in their career and those roads don't always come together.

We need courage if we are to be faithful to the Gospel.

Love is the absence of Anxiety.