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

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.

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

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.

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.

Everyone wanted me to be the bad boy, the label wanted it, the publicists wanted it, but I was just trying to be myself.

The secret of all the great men and women in history is that they converted their time into tangible products.

Disappointment is a blessing. If you were never disappointed, you'd never know what was important to you.

The cross is the only way of salvation. And the cross gives a new purpose to life.

Saying of the Prophet. The Bequest: I have nothing to leave you except my family.

People forget the good that zoos do. If it weren't for zoos, we would have so many species that would be extinct today.

We believe that human happiness requires freedom and that freedom requires limited government.

Remember, nobody can make another person fall asleep. How to relax and let sleep come is a skill your child, like everybody else, must learn all by herself.

No real sunrise could paint the sky Surgical Appliance Pink.

Love, in the divine alchemy of life, transmutes all duties into privileges, all responsibilities into joys.