“Bitter though it may be to many, Cadfael concluded, there is no substitute for truth, in this or any case.”

“So, wonder! I also wonder about you," said Cadfael mildly. "Do you know any human creatures who are not strangers, one to another?”

“Oh, sometimes I like to put the sand of doubt into the oyster of my faith." (Br. Cadfael)”

“Brother Cadfael knew better than to be in a hurry, where souls were concerned. There was plenty of elbow-room in eternity.”

“Truth is a hard master, and costly to serve, but it simplifies all problems.”

“Truth can be costly, but in the end it never falls short of value for the price paid.”

“I have always known that the best of the Saracens could out-Christian many of us Christians.”