For fools admire and love those things they see hidden in verses turned all upside down, and take for truth what sweetly strokes the ears and comes with sound of phrases fine imbued.

Constant dripping hollows out a stone.

All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.

Nothing can be created out of nothing.

The water hollows out the stone, not by force but drop by drop.

Too often in time past, religion has brought forth criminal and shameful actions... How many evils has religion caused?

No matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through

What came from the earth returns back to the earth, and the spirit that was sent from heaven, again carried back, is received into the temple of heaven.

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.

Only religion can lead to such evil.

From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.

No matter what, I want to continue living with the awareness that I will die. Without that, I am not alive.

There is a greater grace for every great sin.

We do not innovate anything ... How is it that novelties are introduced which were never even thought of by our predecessors?

I remember the first time I saw him play. It was for a Sporting CP youth team. I told my assistant, 'There goes Van Basten's son.' Ronaldo had great technique. He stood out.

Who can tell what metals the gods use in forging the subtle bond which we call sympathy, which we might as well call love.

They like life alright, but that they would like it even better if they could know that it was going to end sometime.

I wish to God she had had an M-4 in her office.

The Vores Third Quartet is a terrific piece that brings disparate components into harmony. . . it's celebratory, imaginative, touching, and fun.

I don't look at money as success. I look at it as an avenue to freedom.

Property belongs to man and not man to property.