“I do not like the darkness, but please don’t make the light too strong.”

“When God hears us worshipping Him, that alone makes Him feel worthwhile to be God!”

“...the sea's only gifts are harsh blows and, occasionally, the chance to feel strong. Now, I don't know much about the sea, but I do know that that's the way it is here. And I also know how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong but to feel strong, to measure yourself at least once, to find yourself at least once in the most ancient of human conditions, facing blind, deaf stone alone, with nothing to help you but your own hands and your own head...”

“... how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong but to feel strong, to measure yourself at least once, to find yourself at least once...”

“We think that behind that steel door of resistance there’s a dragon breathing fire; if we open the door we think we’ll be devoured. So often, we open the door, and as someone once said ‘we don’t find a fire breathing dragon, we find a gerbil in drag.”

“Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.”

“I too entered the Lager as a nonbeliever, and as a nonbeliever I was liberated and have lived to this day.”