Persecution always acts as a jell for members of cults; it proves to them, in the absence of history, liturgy, tradition, and doctrine, that they are God's chosen.

Insanity is a lack of proportion.

In the face of evil, detachment is a dubious virtue.

To sleep is an act of faith.

The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the good and the lesser good.

The past can be tamed and controlled.

There are no original ideas. There are only original people.