“We sucked in atheism with our canned milk.”

“Being a fool for God was not merely alright but liberating.”

“I suppose it's unfair, tricks of argument that leave wounds, but with this sort of thing that (C.S.) Lewis does, what I feel is a craftsman's joy at the sight of a superior performance.”

“I changed. I have been turning into a different person since that half-minute.”

“We are in danger of forgetting that God is not only a comfort but a joy. He is the source of all pleasures; he is fun and laughter, and we are meant to enjoy him.”

“We sometimes come to God, not because we love him best, but because we love our possessions best; we ask Christ to save Western civilization, without asking ourselves whether it is entirely a civil...”

“Fear does not incline people to be moderate in their use of extreme tactics.”

“Extremism is so easy. You've got your position, and that's it. It doesn't take much thought. And when you go far enough to the right you meet the same idiots coming around from the”

“The take-home message is that we should blame religion itself, not religious extremism - as though that were some kind of terrible perversion of real, decent religion. Voltaire got it right long ag...”

“The supreme principle of socialism is that man takes precedence over things, life over property, and hence, work over capital; that power follows creation, and not possession; that man must not be ...”

“The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace.”

“Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.”

“How singular," murmured Maximillian; "your father hates me, while your grandfather, on the contrary -- What strange feelings are aroused by politics.”