There is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death . . . Revenge triumphs over death; love slights it; honor aspireth to it; grief flieth to it.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

Civilizations rise and fall on confidence. America had figured out a way to borrow money to manufacture it.

There is no currency that buys great treasures in Heaven like obedience.

Cats are people, and the sooner the world accepts that fact, the better off the world will be.

You are far, far greater than you know - and all is well.

For at the center of all spiritual traditions is the beacon of a truly radical proposal: Open your heart to everybody. Everybody.

Failure seems to be nature's plan for preparing us for great responsibilities.

I dreamt of being like Ronaldo, Ronaldinho Gaucho.

Prayer in secret is life finding expression in the realized Presence of God our Father.

At the centre of the human heart is the longing for an absolute good, a longing which is always there and is never appeased by any object in this world.

Comedy makes you humble. Because there are so many opportunities to miss, and strike out.