Whoever excommunicates me, excommunicates God.

Do you wish to be free? Then above all things, love God, love your neighbor, love one another, love the common weal; then you will have true liberty.

The only good thing that we owe to Plato and Aristotle is that they brought forward many arguments which we can use against the heretics. Yet they and other philosophers are now in hell.

The whole world knows that His glory has not been spread by force and weapons, but by poor fishermen.

I am the hailstorm that shall break the heads of those who do not take shelter.

It would be good for religion if many books that seem useful were destroyed. When there were not so many books and not so many arguments and disputes, religion grew more quickly than it has since.

If there be no enemy, no fight; if do fight, no victory; if no victory, no crown.

Elegance of language must give way before simplicity in preaching sound doctrine.

Don't be ashamed to learn from others.

God is the best helper, but He loves to be helped. Be earnest in prayer, but do not neglect human means. You must help yourself in all manner of ways, and then the Lord will be with you.

It came from God, and so is Christ true, and Christ is thy God, who is in heaven and awaits thee.

... dançava para si mesmo, um homem nu entre cegos...

A man once believed he could fly—and he did. Another believed he could walk on the moon—and he did. Why not believe your wildest dreams can come true? Why not see the stars as reachable?

You can always count on your family to love you. And to betray you. And then to feel guilty about it.

It was strange how your world could shift on its axis and everything you trusted could invert itself in what seemed like no time at all.

I was born when my dad was 50... It's weird growing up with a dad that much older than you. We'd go to the movies, we're both getting discounts.

Jealousy comes from self-love rather than from true love.

Experimenters don’t come in late—they never went home.

Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.

For me, what grabs my attention about the project is usually the character immediately and then the story, and then the people that are involved.

Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, owing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about.