Courage consists, not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing and conquering it.

On the church vaulting above was the clock-face of eternity, void of number and serving as its own hand, only one black finger was pointing and the dead wanted to tell the time by it.

Fine minds are seldom fine souls.

Music is the moonlight in the gloomy night of life.

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness or else forgiving another.

The Fates and Furies, as well as the Graces and Sirens, glide with linked hands over life.

How alone everyone is in the vast tomb of the universe!

She knew of a woman who had entered such a bargain at a large automobile manufacturer in 1973 and successfully managed to keep her accounting position for over four decades.

Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.

You shouldn't need 60 full minutes to create a portrait that an audience doesn't forget. You should be able to make an impression that's lasting and resonant with one scene.

She wants me to take out Patton.” Barron’s brows draw together. “Take out? As in transform him?” “No,” I say. “As in take out to dinner. She thinks we’d make a good couple.

Most kids dont get to go their parents wedding.

Golf is played between the ears and if you are not 100 percent focused on what you are trying to do, then people will go past you no matter who you are.

Because all the sick do not recover, therefore medicine is not an art.

Only on the assumption of belief in the validity of values is the attempt to espouse value-judgments meaningful. However, to judge the validity of such values is a matter of faith .

Cooking is an art, but all art requires knowing something about the techniques and materials. Using modernist techniques, you get more control, and that allows you to be more artistic, not less!

One thing about God's will, you can never see God's will before it happens. You can only see at the end of it.