All the things of the wild have their proper uses. Only misuse makes them evil.

You cannot demand truth, and then select half and throw the inconvenient remainder away.

The mountains of today are the molehills of tomorrow.

I go to Prague every year if I can, value my relationships there like gold, and feel myself in a sense Czech, with all their hopes and needs. They are a people I not only love, but admire.

To have faith in Divine protection is good, but even beter if backed by the pratical assistance heaven has a right to expect from sensible mortals.

Bitter though it may be to many, Cadfael concluded, there is no substitute for truth, in this or any case.

There is in the end no remedy but truth. It is the one course that cannot be evil.