To be made evident, truth must be sought for; for of itself it is slow to appear, and between ourselves and God the obstacles are so many!

Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.

The cigar is the perfect complement to an elegant lifestyle.

We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire.

Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views.

Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.

It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides.

The trade of authorship is a violent, and indestructible obsession.

You may impose silence upon me, but you can not prevent me from thinking.

Butterflies are but flowers that blew away one sunny day when Nature was feeling at her most inventive and fertile.

The intellect seeks, the heart finds.

He who takes his eyes off the goal has a good chance of not scoring!" - Allan Rufus -learningcentre (dot)transformationcoach(dot)help/wp

Your body has space within you that cannot die.

Those who don't heed the warnings don't live to admit they were stupid not to do so.

Weapons are created to be used. There's no place for the weak on this earth.

For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive.

Honesty of thought and speech and written word is a jewel, and they who curb prejudice and seek honorably to know and speak the truth are the only builders of a better life.

Truth is no rounder than a horse's eye.

I want to learn martial arts," he said docilely, "so when I want to kill someone, I can do something about it.

In Confession, Jesus welcomes us with all our sinfulness, to give us a new heart, capable of loving as he loves.

Only as a child's awareness and reverence for the wholeness of life are developed can his humanity to his own kind reach its full development.