He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply. |
Without humility there can be no humanity. |
There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness. |
We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves. |
Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences. |
The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. |
Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown. |
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there. |
Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective. |
The best prayers have often more groans than words. |
To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education. |
You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass. A touch here, a push there, and you bring back the reign of Saturn. |
The robe of flesh wears thin, and with the years God shines through all things. |
The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them. |
Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God. |