“If there is a change, it is usually for the lesser rather than the greater; many people seem to lose God along life's way.”

“To lose a brother is to lose someone with whom you can share the experience of growing old, who is supposed to bring you a sister-in-law and nieces and nephews, creatures who people the tree of your life and give it new branches. To lose your father is to lose the one whose guidance and help you seek, who supports you like a tree trunk supports its branches. To lose your mother, well, that is like losing the sun above you. It is like losing--I'm sorry, I would rather not go on.”

“Can there be any happiness greater than the happiness of salvation?”

“There people fail to realise that it is on the inside that God must be defended, not on the outside. - Pi Patel in Life of Pi”

“These people walk by a widow deformed by leprosy...walk by children dressed in rags living in the street, and they think, 'Business as usual.' But if they perceive a slight against God, it is a different story. Their faces go red, their chests heave mightily, they sputter angry words. The degree of their indignation is astonishing. Their resolve is frightening.”

“...the Greater Good and the Greater Profit are not compatible aims...”

“He seems to be attracting religions the way a dog attracts fleas.”