"A Canticle for Leibowitz" Quotes

You don't have a soul, doctor. You are a soul. You have a body, temporarily.

You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in.

You don't have to believe in God, but you should believe in the Book.

The closer men came to perfecting for themselves a paradise, the more impatient they became with it, and with themselves as well.

You see, it's been our misfortune to have the wrong religion. Why didn't we have the religion of the Japanese, who regard sacrifice for the Fatherland as the highest good?

If you try to save wisdom until you're old, there isn't any wisdom left to save. You've got to start young, and keep it with you.

In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.

You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.

You see, the only thing I can think of that would make people work together is mutual self-interest.

I think some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don't fit into boxes.