I'm gonna make what I want to make, and other people are gonna like what they're gonna like. It doesn't really matter.

I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it.

If I preached unity, I must act like a unifier, even at the risk of perhaps alienating some of my own colleagues.

To go to prison because of your convictions and be prepared to suffer for what you believe in, is something worthwhile. It is an achievement for a man to do his duty on earth irrespective of the consequences.

Even so, I am sure that, had I lived in Germany at the time, I would have aided and comforted my Jewish brothers. If today I lived in a Communist country where certain principles dear to the Christian faith are suppressed, I would openly advocate disobeying that country's antireligious laws.

Occasionally in life one develops a conviction so precious and meaningful that he will stand on it till the end.