The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking.

Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.

Love is a serious mental disease.

There is truth in wine and children

Only a philosopher's mind grows wings, since its memory always keeps it as close as possible to those realities by being close to which the gods are divine.

let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.

Piety, then, is that which is dear to the gods, and impiety is that which is not dear to them.

And yet even in reaching for the beautiful there is beauty, and also in suffering whatever it is that one suffers en route.

the matter is as it is in all other cases: if it is naturally in you to be a good orator, a notable orator you will be when you have acquired knowledge and practice ...

Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.

Thou hast added insult to injury.

People always seem to band together in accordance to a principle that has nothing to do with love, a principle that releases them from personal responsibility. (p. 81)

My outstretched arms found hers, and I was home.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage "People living deeply have no fear of death.

It will scramble your head and drag your brain about, sometimes you gotta do like Elvis did and shoot the damn thing out.

Freedom doesn't mean aimlessness. We can't just sleepwalk through life.... Freedom demands structure.

In loving one another through our works we bring an increase of grace and a growth in divine love.

None can destroy iron, but its own rust can! Likewise none can destroy a person, but its own mindset can!

Advent is not about a sentimental waiting for the Baby Jesus.

To win you must have talent and desire ­ but desire is first.

Typically, we make money when we buy things. We count the profits later, but we know we have captured them when we buy the bargain.