“Gods and politics are the tools with which the godless and unprincipled manipulate the gullible.”

“Lucky Luke: I wonder how you manage to read with everything that's going on.Jolly Jumper: By turning the pages just like everyone else.”

“Nothing should be made by man's labour which is not worth making, or which must be made by labour degrading to the makers.”

“People here worship the sun." "Yes, but my people worship the God who made the sun.”

“No, I don't believe it," Joseph said. "From listening to my father and grandfather talk about El Shaddai, I think he's different from the gods of Egypt. I think that none of us could ever be good enough for God. I think of Him as being so good that a human can't even enter His presence. A man would die if he did. I think God's merciful, Rashidi. I think he forgives us because he loves us, just as we forgive our children because we love them. "Rashidi's eyes brightened. "A God that loves people! Now there's a new thought!”

“Our meeting was inevitable. Our love was terminal. But God and Goddess damn it, our daughter was no mistake at all.”

“Don't sit back and wait for God to do it all. Ask for His advice, but be prepared to do the hard yards yourself.”