When the English have scored a goal, they think nothing more remains to be done.

A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition.

To be ready to fail is to be prepared for success.

Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.

Sensuality without love is a sin; love without sensuality is worse than a sin.

Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts.

Tradition simply means that we need to end what began well and continue what is worth continuing

It may be impossible to have a revolution without crimes but that does not make revolution a crime.

To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom.

The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and offer.

Who learns most from a good book is the author.

The more genuinely creative [the writer] is, the more he will want his work to develop in accordance with its own nature, and to stand independent of himself

In times of troubles, we call on Lord Jesus Christ, He saved us.

Not every lost soul wants to be found, because not every lost is lost, some of them found something or many thing or even everything in their lostness!

In nature there are few sharp lines.

If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.

I've never yet read a review of one of my own books that I couldn't have written much better myself.

My musical taste is like a 16-year-old girl's when it comes to working out - Rihanna, Black Eyed Peas, Miley Cyrus. I love it all!

It makes no good to point the failures out without showing at the same time the remedy to address them.

All democracies demand common public education because nothing makes people so much alike as the same education.

I know that a Christian should be humble, but against the Pope I am going to be proud and say to him: "You, Pope, I will not have you for my boss, for I am sure that my doctrine is divine.