"Christianity is not about moving away from vice to virtue. It's moving away from virtue to Christ."

“I've found that festivals are a relatively painless way to meet people and make a few points that need making, without having to hit them over the head with too many speeches.”

“The vitality of a culture is in its capacity to assimilate foreign influences. The culture that's defensive and closed condemns itself to decadence.”

Source : "Scourge of the new Spain" by Maya Jaggi, www.theguardian.com. August 12, 2000.

“When (an advocate) is not thoroughly acquainted with the real strength and weakness of his cause, he knows not where to choose the most impressive argument. When the mark is shrouded in obscurity, the only substitute for accuracy in the aim is in the multitude of the shafts.”

“Order is manifestly maintained in the universe... governed by the sovereign will of God.”

“You guys are weird," Tori said. Simon sat on the crate beside me. "That's right. We are totally weird and completely uncool. Your popularity is plummeting just by being near us.”

“Liberalization and democratization are in essence counter-revolution.”

Source : "Armageddon Averted: The Soviet Collapse". Book by Stephen Kotkin, p. 58, 2001.

“Crazy isn´t always what they say it is. It´s not always the old woman wearing sneakers and a skirt and a scarf, wandering around with a shopping cart, hollering at no one, nothing, tumbling through years in her head. No. Sometimes it is a girl wearing boots and jeans and a sweater, arms crossed in front of her, shivering, wandering through the streets at night, all night, murmuring to no one, nothing, tumbling through the strange unreal dimensions in her head.”

“Why was man created before woman? Because you always need a rough draft before the final copy.” – Chloe Traeger”