The father of Egyptology was Father Athanasius Kircher.

Thirty-five craters on the moon are named for Jesuit scientists and mathematicians.

Jesuits so dominated the study of earthquakes that seismology became known as 'the Jesuit Science.

Father Roger Boscovich is often credited as the father of modern atomic theory.

Father Nicholas Steno, is often identified as the father of geology.

The first person to measure the rate of acceleration of a free falling body was Father Giambattista Riccioli.

The idea of formulated 'rights ... comes not from John Locke and Thomas Jefferson ... but from the canon law of the Catholic Church.

Churchmen sought to introduce rational trial procedures and sophisticated legal principles in place of the superstition-based trial by ordeal that had characterized the Germanic legal order.

It was Francisco de Vitoria, a Catholic priest and professor, who earned the title of father of international law.

The university system, a gift of Western civilization to the world, was developed by the Catholic Church.

Concentrate more on your achievements than your failures. Learn to take the failures as opportunities to rectify your errors.

You will discover all that pertains to life by reading.

the same question arose in every soul: "For what, for whom, must I kill and be killed?"... p982

I remember distinctly telling my father-in-law, barring a miracle, we're going to have to terminate the pregnancy. Her health has to come first

We all have a dinosaur deep within us just trying to get out.

Time is the least thing we have.

Few men are killed by the bayonet, many are scared by it. Bayonets should be fixed when the fire fight starts

That's life and you can't change anything, you know.

Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.

Good company is important, it helps to cultivate good qualities.