Desire and longing are the whips of God.

It is well within the order of things That man should listen when his mate sings; But the true male never yet walked Who liked to listen when his mate talked.

I desire Virtue, though I love her not- I have no faith in her when she is got: I fear that she will bind and make me slave And send me songless to the sullen grave.

Kinder the enemy who must malign us Than the smug friend who will define us

One night I heard my dad say to my mom: I can't help but think of the good times we're having now as being painful memories later on. And my mom saying, c'mon now honey.

Why don't you fix your little problem and light this candle?

It has been said repeatedly that one can never, try as he will, get around to the front of the universe. Man is destined to see only its far side, to realize nature only in retreat.

Between thought and expression lies a lifetime.

I am convinced that God Himself is tampering with the economic system of the world to reduce us back to Him.

Patience helps us to view imperfections in others more generously to the end that we may learn to be more wise than they have been.

The one thing that the Catholic Church desires, and that I seek as Bishop of Rome, “the Church which presides in charity”, is communion with the Orthodox Churches.

The best religion the world has ever known is the religion of the Bible. It builds up all that is good.

Obama likes to quote great men but will never be a great man himself. I can't stand it when our leader goes around apologizing for who we are.

I thought jet planes were just trucks with more wings and less wheels.