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.

Only people who're positive enough to have friends have enemies. When you're as glum and morose as he was, people just give up and go away.

Too much trust is folly, in an imperfect world.

A man must be prepared to face life, as well as death, there's no escape from either.

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.

Death, after all, is the common expectation from birth. Neither heroes nor cowards can escape it.

Brother Cadfael knew better than to be in a hurry, where souls were concerned. There was plenty of elbow-room in eternity.