To him [Faraday], as to all true philosophers, the main value of a fact was its position and suggestiveness in the general sequence of scientific truth.

His [Faraday's] third great discovery is the Magnetization of Light, which I should liken to the Weisshorn among mountains-high, beautiful, and alone.

... though he [Michael Faraday] took no cities, he captivated all hearts.

Taking him for all and all, I think it will be conceded that Michael Faraday was the greatest experimental philosopher the world has ever seen.

Power came the way a child came -- with agony.

Even when the lightening flashes inside them we say they are only clouds and turn our attention to the next meal, the next pain, the next breath, the next page. This is how we go on.

God sees us differently. We see where we are but God sees where we can be.

When you succeed at keeping almost everyone in school, you must figure out ways to educate everyone you keep in school.

You don't want to see that happen on the pitch, it's only right to try and break it up.

When you are a professional sportsman all the guys are great competitors in the top 50.

This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.

I punished myself and avoided my reflection in mirrors and any windows. I would see myself reflected back, and I would look away, trying to pretend I didn't exist, because I hated myself so much.

You can be born-again and believe in Jesus, believe in Jesus' ideas and try to live them out, without becoming totally intolerant of other people.

I believe absolutely and certainly that, when you die, you will meet your loved ones and know them and be reunited with them, never to be seperated again.