"There are no things man was not meant to know. There are, perhaps, things man is too dumb to figure out, but that's a different problem."

“We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.”

“Although the mass of the people accepted the white man's God, either under physical duress or because he seemed more powerful than their own Gods, they never assimilated the ideas of Christianity.”

Source : Penny Lernoux (1980). “Cry of the People: The Struggle for Human Rights in Latin America--the Catholic Church in Conflict with U.S. Policy”

“I think Catholicism took root very quickly in Ireland because it's a very superstitious religion, the holy ghost, the holy spirit, it has a goddess, very visual, the music.”

Source : "Interview: Conor McPherson and Ciarán Hinds of ‘The Eclipse’". Interview with Nell Minow, moviemom.com. March 25, 2010.

“Loneliness is a terrible blindness.”

“The 16th-century theatre witnessed the particularly English manifestation of 'the history play.' There can be no doubt that Shakespeare's presentations of 'Henry V' and 'Richard III' have been incalculably more influential than any more sober historical study.”

“Fulfilling our destiny and realizing our potential all begins in our mind. That's why the devil tries to bombard our thinking.”

“The very term 'combinatorial methods' has an oxymoronic character.”

“I think I'll always want to improve my defense. That's something that can always be better. Not saying it's bad now, just something you should always work on.”