Those who wish well to the State ought to choose to places of trust men of inward principle, justified by exemplary conversation.

Never read a book through merely because you have begun it.

It is only the fear of God that can deliver us from the fear of men.

Christian pop culture can be worthwhile if done well, but bad Christian pop culture isn't redeemed merely by the fact that it's Christian.

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Rome in the ages, dimmed with all her towers, / Floats in the mist, a little cloud at tether.

Keep your eyes open, Fireheart. Keep your ears pricked. Keep looking behind you. Because one day I'll find you, and then you'll be crowfood.

If no one thinks you can, then you have to.

The business of the philosopher is well done if he succeeds in raising genuine doubt.

Sometimes I'm angry, sometimes I'm not angry.

I do not think you can get rid of the fear... but you can dance with it.

Maybe half a dozen think they are a community, but, in general terms, I think English writers tend to face outwards, away from each other, and write in their own patch, as it were.

I just reached the point where I realised, I need to stop repeating myself if I'm ever actually going to enjoy the music I'm creating.