We long to have again the vanished past, in spite of all its pain.

I could not turn away from anyone Like you, a stranger, or refuse to help him. I know well, being mortal, that my claimUpon the future is no more than yours.

Thy life is safe while any god saves mine.

From barren brown stems to glistening leaf-buds

Darkness is my friend, and my biggest enemy" Temporary dark and deep

I have a portrait of Saint Thomas More in my office.

Education must be aimed at creating a wider imagination in the child, not at suppressing. The childs mind must be set free.

Wherever a Scotsman goes, here goes Burns. His grand whole, catholic soul squares with the good of all; therefore we find him in everything, everywhere.

To be taken into account were some years of schooling, where I studied with diligence Neptune's laws, and these laws I tried to obey when I sailed overseas; it was worth the while.

It would be nice to hear someone accidentally whistle something of mine, somewhere, just once.

Nothing is worth doing pointlessly.

The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. ... This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.

The last word of our Lord to the church was not the Great Commission. The last thing He said to the church was 'Repent.' He said that to five out of seven.