"If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe."

"In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention."

"Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty."

"A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war."

"Whole communities are growing up without fathers or male role models. Bringing up a family in the best of circumstances is not easy. To try to do it by placing the entire burden on women - 91% of single-parent families in Britain are headed by the mother, according to census data - is practically absurd and morally indefensible."

"Right now I'm pretty single... My career is my boyfriend."

"To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression."

"Love is the bridge that unites two souls across the chasms of mortal solitude. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history — an essential principle for the reflective life."