"You have to surround yourself with really good people and have a very thick skin."

“No academic ever expects to be taken seriously by more than three other people, because really, we write for three people in our field.”

“If you take part of the truth, and try to make that part of the truth, all of the truth, then that part of the truth becomes an untruth.”

“I finally came to the decision that I couldn't do it like that anymore. So I surrendered to that. I did (the Sabbath reunion tour) without anything - cigarettes, tobacco, dope, anything. And I had so much more fun without it.”

“If I'm using drugs and alcohol, it means that I've given up on my fullest potential.”

“It is through our technology that we have been able to fly far away from earth to learn, in truth, how precious it is. It is no coincidence that our awakening to the special nature of our world and to its uniquely balanced environment and its limitations coincided with our first glimpse of earth from outer space, through the eyes of astronauts, television cameras and photographic equipment.”

“My father was the king of the joke-tellers. I was so impressed as a child watching him, holding people in rapt attention.”

“There is nothing good that does not meet with opposition, and it should not be valued any less because it encounters objections.”

“The truth comes to rule, not through violence, but rather through its own power; [this is the central theme of John's Gospel:] When brought before Pilate, Jesus professes that He Himself is The Truth and the witness to the truth. He does not defend the truth with legions but rather makes it visible through His Passion and thereby also implements it.”