Even a saint may take pleasure, in retrospect, in having been once desired

Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment.

The voices of cold reason were talking, as usual, to deaf ears.

Despair is deadly sin, but worse, it is mortal folly.

Truth can be costly, but in the end it never falls short of value for the price paid.

The mountains of today are the molehills of tomorrow.

Nothing is more pleasing and engaging than the sense of having conferred benefits. Not even the gratification of receiving them.

There is no one who cannot be hated, against whatever odds. Nor anyone who cannot be loved, against all reason.

I have always known that the best of the Saracens could out-Christian many of us Christians.

All the things of the wild have their proper uses. Only misuse makes them evil.

as roads go, the road home is as good as any.

But the problem is to make the soul into a monster

You talked over the tour guide who pointed to houses and windows. Showing us where people had lived and died and other people now stayed in their place. Just like a broken heart." - Adieu

Memory is like a curse. We fall into eternity, and memory is a weight that keeps pulling us to where we can never go back to.

Memory is not what the heart desires. That is only a mirror....

The important thing is that the principles that Senator Obama outlined originally are now embraced and taxpayers will be protected.

A leader must face danger. He must take the risk and the blame, and the brunt of the storm.

I'm not great with breathing, like holding notes. I usually don't. A lot of people wouldn't believe it, but I don't focus on technical stuff.

Nietzsche had a little one-liner on how to choose a wife. He said, ''Are you willing to have a conversation with this woman for the next forty years?'' That's how to pick a wife.

You may admire a girl's curves on the first introduction, but the second meeting shows up new angles.

Everything looks better with my eyes closed.