"The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried."

"“My country, right or wrong,” is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, “My mother, drunk or sober.”"

"Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf is better than a whole loaf."

"Every act of will is an act of self-limitation. To desire action is to desire limitation. In that sense, every act is an act of self-sacrifice. When you choose anything, you reject everything else."

"All creative people have to have vulnerability because those nuances are what move people. So I'm deeply insecure - but I'm good at hiding it."

"New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still would adventure."

"If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty."

"The canvas of imagination has no boundaries except those imposed by fear. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."