His Quotes

Even if I accepted that Jesus - like almost every other prophet on record - was born of a virgin, I cannot think that this proves the divinity of his father or the truth of his teachings. The same would be true if I accepted that he had been resurrected.

Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth - look at the dying man's struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.

I never, ever have seen media this way. It's almost indescribable. Making up stories, refusing to run real stories. It's making themselves look like utter fools. There's no journalism, there is no media. There's pure, full-fledged advocacy here.

Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on love.

He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others.

The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.

Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat.

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror, shoulders bare, trying this way and that their hair, or fly importunate down the stair to answer the telephone.

Only he can understand what a farm is, what a country is, who shall have sacrificed part of himself to his farm or country, fought to save it, struggled to make it beautiful. Only then will the love of farm or country fill his heart.

A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

A lawyer is never entirely comfortable with a friendly divorce, anymore than a good mortician wants to finish his job and then have the patient sit up on the table.

An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.

The man who kills the animals today is the man who kills the people who get in his way tomorrow.

The American grips himself, at the very sources of his consciousness, in a grip of care: and then, to so much of the rest of life, is indifferent. Whereas, the European hasn't got so much care in him, so he cares much more for life and living.

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.

When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.

Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.

Every now and then, President Obama sorta drops his veil. He's less coy about his philosophy, he sort of reveals his true governing philosophy, what he really believes.

Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes.

There are enormously gifted Episcopal priests around this church who are gay and lesbian, some of whom are partnered, who would make wonderful bishops and they're going to be nominated and they're going to be elected.

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation.

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.

There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house.

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.

Let's put it this way: art house theaters are vanishing. They have almost disappeared completely, and that means there's a shift in what audiences want to see. And they have to be aware of that and be realistic. It's as simple as that.

Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.