A man must be prepared not only to be a martyr, but to be a fool. It is absurd to say that a man is ready to toil and die for his convictions if he is not even ready to wear a wreathe around his head for them.

She had never really listened to anyone in her life; which, some said, was why she had survived.

Stated baldly, charity certainly means one of two things–pardoning unpardonable acts, or loving unlovable people.

Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.

Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.

Theology is simply that part of religion that requires brains.

If prosperity is regarded as the reward of virtue it will be regarded as the symptom of virtue.