If the Church has no the authority to tell its members that they may not engage in homosexual practices, then it has no authority at all. And if we accept the argument of the hypocrites of homosexuality that their sin is not a sin, we have destroyed ourselves.

Don’t win loyalty, just obedience, and only while the lash is in the room.

My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer.

People above you, they never want to share power with you. Why you look to them? They give you nothing. People below you, you give them hope, you give them respect, they give you power, cause they don't think they have any, so they don't mind giving it up.

I've had your tears with mine, and you've had mine with yours. I think that's more intimate even than a kiss.

Human beings may be miserable specimens, in the main, but we can learn, and, through learning, become decent people.

Welcome to the human race. Nobody controls his own life, Ender.