"The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them."

"A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes."

"Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense."

"“We are always doing,” says he, “something for Posterity, but I would fain see Posterity do something for us.”"

"I wanted to write something visual that I could read to the children. This was when I created the idea of Redwall Abbey in my imagination. As I wrote, the idea grew, and the manuscript along with it."

"Even the highest forms of sacrificial worship present much that is repulsive to modern ideas, and in particular it requires an effort to reconcile our imagination to the bloody ritual which is prominent in almost every religion which has a strong sense of sin."

"You have to go to where you can make money, and you see in the service area, in the technological area, those are the areas where we're going to create jobs."

"Men create real miracles when they use their God-given courage and intelligence."