Violence is not the answer. Terrorism is the most dangerous of answers.

He explained to me with great insistence that every question posessed a power that did not lie in the answer.

We believed in God, trusted in man, and lived with the illusion that every one of us has been entrusted with a sacred spark.

This day I ceased to plead. I was no longer capable of lamentation. On the contrary, I felt very strong. I was the accuser, God the accused.

The stars were only sparks of the fire which devoured us. Should that fire die out one day, there would be nothing left in the sky but dead stars, dead eyes.

We are all brothers and we are all suffering the same fate. The same smoke floats over all our heads. Help one another. It is the only way to survive. (pg. 39)

Man comes closer to God through the questions he asks Him, he liked to say.

All this under a magnificent blue sky.

The world? The world is not interested in us. Today, everything is possible, even the crematoria...

Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never.

If I really wanted to say or ask anything important (to her imposing father) I could not trust my tongue to get it right.

Humans have invented all kinds of symbols to communicate not only with other humans but more importantly with ourselves.

wanting what you could not have led to misery and madness

I can't really work on more than one thing at a time

The real question is, do you root for the fox in that song? Or are you horrified that the goose and the duck are being dragged off to their death, which is described in detail?

I quit school and it's not because I'm lazy. I'm just not the social type and campus life is crazy.

My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We've all been very athletic.

If Al Gore loses his brazen attempt to win on the dimples, one reason will be that he finally convinced enough Republicans to fight like Democrats.

Contemporary science is based on the philosophy of materialism, which claims that all reality is material or physical.

Remember, children. For every exit, there is also an entrance. ~ Milligan, The Mysterious Benedict Society