must have been very tired, for I was getting as full of silly prejudices as a minor poet. - John Buchan

I skumringen kom mannen hennes tilbake fra heiene. Det var en mager kjempe som tok ett skritt der andre dødelige trengte tre.

I am a minister of Christ first and of the Kirk second. If the Kirk forgets its Master's teaching, we part company.

There is no merit in an empire as such. Extension in space does not necessarily mean spiritual advancement. The small community is easier to govern, and, it may well be, more pleasant to live in. If its opportunities are limited its perils are also circumscribed. But the alternatives which confronted him were empire or anarchy.