I was no longer the centre of my life and therefore I could see God in everything.

While the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand; when the Coliseum falls, Rome shall fall; when Rome falls, the world shall fall.

He alone loves the Creator perfectly who manifests a pure love for his neighbor.

Unfurl the sails, and let God steer us where He will.

Christ is the Morning Star, who, when the night of this world is past, gives to his saints the promise of the light of life, and opens everlasting day.

All the ways of this world are as fickle and unstable as a sudden storm at sea.

This life of man appears for a short space, but of what went before, or what is to follow, we are utterly ignorant.

I have devoted my energies to the study of the scriptures, observing monastic discipline, and singing the daily services in church; study, teaching, and writing have always been my delight.

I am my own secretary; I dictate, I compose, I copy all myself.

No man taketh away sins (which the law, though holy, just and good, could not take away), but He in whom there is no sin.

We abide in God insofar as we do not sin.

The better part of valour is discretion.

When the storms of life come, if they come to me personally, to my family or to the world, I want to be strong enough to stand and be a strength to somebody else, be shelter for somebody else.

Things may happen and often do to people as brainy and footsy as you

Knowledge is not intelligence.

The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.

Who made you the center of the universe?

My mother always told me I had to do 100 times better than a man. I had to work hard at maths, and learn four languages.

Hope for the best, get ready for the worst, and then take what God chooses to send.

Everything that I have told you is, of course, a fairy tale. Life is magical, after all. Nothing is safe and everything changes.

Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.