Drunkenness, the ruin of reason, the destruction of strength, premature old age, momentary death.

When we go to God by prayer, the devil knows we go to fetch strength against him, and therefore he opposes us all he can.

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

The Devil's success is contingent upon people's ignorance.

Vigilance is not only the price of liberty, but of success of any sort.

Your grand daughter may not be looking for trouble, but trouble is looking for her.

In Berlin evil came to them slowly and then all at once.

I know we lived among extraordinary things but, perhaps more importantly, in extraordinary times. People may or may not remember the heroes and the villains of our day, but all that the brave among us did, and all that they were, remains with us still.

We're asleep, said Suni. Just walking and talking, eating and shitting. Sound asleep. And we have to be that way, of course, said Anne. It's the human equivalent of fallowness. Spiritual hibernation, said Suni.

Hope to sin only in the service of waking up.

It's not for us to choose our times, Jacob. But we must be ready when they come.

Do not swallow anything Satan is trying to ram down your throat. Jesus comes first.