True Christians are those who carry out Christ's doctrine in their lives.

Is the church really demonstrating the new life in Christ if there is no discipline, if there is no fencing in of the Lord's table, no demand for purity of life?

His adolescents are displaced aristocrats who have lost their kingdom and wealth, which was childhood. [On J.D. Salinger]

It's hard to imagine which is worse, living with fear, or living without it in a fantasyland were consequences don't exist.

In death, you once more challenge people from every strata, religion, and position to think about how their own actions do and can change the world for better or worse.

I take no pleasure in the fact that the scientific predictions I’ve relayed to popular audiences turn out to be true.

People being incredibly rude and playing music incredibly badly and being incredibly obnoxious has always been a teenage sort of thing.

The first thing we noticed was how flamboyant [Dalton] Trumbo was in real life.

It is very easy to speak words of wisdom from a comfortable distance, when one sees no reality, no details, none of the effect on men's minds.

Success usually breeds a degree of hubris.

Ultimate freedom is a man's right to choose his attitude.