Heroism and ignominy both are part of our history. The only question is whether, having seen both, we can repent of the one and rejoice and be inspired by the other. Or whether we will let one of them tempt us so far away from the other that we have a deeply distorted view.

I thank God that I live in the age of Wilberforce and that I know one man at least who is both moral and entertaining.

However thankful we may be for all our personal pleasures, we mustn't for a moment lose sight of the great things that we're living for, and they must shed light rather than gloom on your joy.

Wilberforce is having thoughts now that seem utterly strange and foreign.

Heard the Bible read two hours—Pascal one hour and a quarter—meditation one hour and a quarter…. Pitt called and commended Butler's Analogy—resolved to write to him, and discover to him what I am occupied about: this will save me much embarrassment, and I hope give me more command both of my time and conduct.

Ideas have far-reaching consequences, and one must be ever so careful about what one allows to lodge in one's brain.

Bonhoeffer was no mere academic. For him, ideas and beliefs were nothing if they did not relate to the world of reality outside one's mind.

Wilberforce's time at Cambridge over two hundred years ago sounds extraordinarily like the experience of many college students today.

I cannot pay attention unless I am attracted.

Television is a performance, but apps actually reflect thought processes.

I refuse to give energy to the negative. I've got a great fella and two great little girls.

I still remember the first time I was on stage. It was for a short play, 'Dilnaz and the Chocolate Cake.' And the only reason why I did it was because we used to rehearse with real chocolate cake.