Apparently the Dutch now prided themselves on being better at queues than the English, which was absurd, because standing cheerfully in line was the English national sport.

You’re not a human being until you value something more than the life of your body. And the greater the thing you live and die for the greater you are.

But I fear that I also underestimate the stupidity of the rest of mankind. Are we absolutely sure that we ought to win this war?

There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be 'good,' to behave in a way that is for the benefit of the whole community.

there were crimes and quarrels, alongside kindness and cooperation; there were people who loved each other and people who did not; it was a human world.

Faith doesn't mean you never doubt. It only means you never act upon your doubts.

Good people aren't good because they never cause harm to others. They're good because they treat others the best way they know how, with the understanding that they have.