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Hospitaler Quotes

Hospitaler: My German friend is a close student of the law.

Hospitaler: The bolt is broken off and cannot be cut out. If his ribs are broken the marrow may enter the blood. He will take a fever and die; or a cyst will form and he will live. He is in the hands of God.

Hospitaler: Each day do right. And no wrong.

Balian: Can you bless a man who has lost his religion?
Hospitaler: No matter. I put no stock in religion. (Pause). Holiness is in courage. All the goodness that God requires is here.... *with two fingers he touches Balian's forehead, and then his heart.* .... And here. By what you decide to do every day you will be a good man or not.

Balian: Where do you go?
Hospitaler: To pray.
Balian: For what?
Hospitaler: For strength to endure what is to come.
Balian: What is to come?
Hospitaler: The end of this world.