Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults, a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite sin

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.

Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.

Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.

I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.

To know how to suggest is the art of teaching.

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.

Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.

Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation of the rest.

Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.

Philosophy means the complete liberty of the mind.

I believe in finding strengthand safety in the arm'sOf Fate

The greatest temptations are not those that solicit our consent to obvious sin, but those that offer us great evils masking as the greatest goods.

These were the tales that echoed in the head long after the books that contained them were cast aside.

Holy angel, in Heaven blessed, My spirit longs with thee to rest

The miser acquires, yet fears to use his gains.

Pause and remember - Making the wrong assumptions causes pain and suffering for everyone.

Men are like a fine wine. They all start out like grapes, and it's our job to stomp on them and keep them in the dark until they mature into something you'd like to have dinner with.

Regrettably, what we are now seeing is that the new U.S. government with Donald trump is stuck in the same old, partisan thinking patterns in terms of our resistance. That is a mistake.

He who aspires to be a serious wine drinker must drink claret.

I do want to write about Jane Whitefield again, but only when I have a good enough idea - something I've figured out about her that's news and that's worth a reader's time.