A universe capable of giving birth to many such accidents is-- blind or not-- a good world to live in, a promising universe.

Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.

The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation.

Ants are good citizens: they place group interests first.

Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character.

Too many moralists begin with a dislike of reality.

You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.

A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.

If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any.

As to modesty and decency, if we are simians we have done well, considering: but if we are something else-fallen angels-we have indeed fallen far.

The real world is not easy to live in. It is rough; it is slippery. Without the most clear-eyed adjustments we fall and get crushed. A man must stay sober; not always, but most of the time.

Blessed is he who carries within himself a god and an ideal and who obeys it - an ideal of art of science or gospel virtues. Therein lie the springs of great thoughts and great actions.

But today we become aware of other readings of the human experience very quickly because of the media and the speed with which people travel the planet.

Sometimes I’ve even wished there was a human pause button, where you could choose some point in your life where you could stay always.

If you cannot accept an external event immediately, then some kind of resistance will come up. And there may be some external events you cannot accept at all.

People never believe in volcanoes until the lava actually overtakes them.

Every five years, I decide to learn something new.

The moment Mary touched God's face is the moment God made his case: there's no place he will not go.

Who knows, maybe I am simply a talented architect?

Let us pray for peace in Africa, especially in the Central African Republic and in South Sudan.

You don't need to be told some things. You can sometimes tell more by a man's silence and the set of his head than by what he says.