... we may remember what the Romansthought a cultivated person ought to be: one who knows how to choose his company among men, among things, among thoughts, in the present as well as in the past.

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.

When evil is allowed to compete with good, evil has an emotional populist appeal that wins out unless good men and women stand as a vanguard against abuse.

Politically, the weakness of the argument has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget very quickly that they chose evil.

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.

The greatest enemy of authority, therefore, is contempt, and the surest way to undermine it is laughter.

One of the greatest advantages of the totalitarian elites of the twenties and thirties was to turn any statement of fact into a question of motive.

There is a strange interdependence between thoughtlessness and evil.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

Only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.

Forgiveness does carry with it numerous obstacles and one may well be surprised why many people find it a very difficult hurdle to jump over.

Free will always results in collateral damage.

You have to see the miracles for there to be miracles.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

It must be a balance in everything we do, not too much of everything, keep it simple, not complicated.

I am trying to release endorphins here. I am not preaching to you - I am trying to make you laugh.

Journalists aren't supposed to praise things. It's a violation of work rules almost as serious as buying drinks with our own money or absolving the CIA of something.

The idea of literalism in the Bible is a very new phenomenon. In many ways, it's a product of the scientific revolution.

The basis of action on love, the brotherhood of all men, the value of the individual... the humility of the spirit.

Because of the Saviors Atonement, repentance is a beautiful word and a marvelous refuge.