We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so.

The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind's concern is charity.

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.

The best way to prove the clearness of our mind, is by showing its faults; as when a stream discovers the dirt at the bottom, it convinces us of the transparency and purity of the water.

Chiefs who no more in bloody fights engage, But wise through time, and narrative with age, In summer-days like grasshoppers rejoice - A bloodless race, that send a feeble voice.

While pensive poets painful vigils keep, Sleepless themselves, to give their readers sleep.

See! From the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings; Short is his joy! He feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground.

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

If you're afraid of your own dreams, you're welcome here in mine.

To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.

Wearing the same shirts doesn't make a team.

For me, as an actress, being a dancer has helped me. I've done it with my feet bloody.

... perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it.

Faith in the creative process, in the dynamics of emergence, in the values and purposes that transcend past achievements and past forms, is the precondition of all further growth.

After you finish the first 90% of a project, you have to finish the other 90%.

It might be said that society speaks through the clothing it wears. Through its clothing it reveals its secret aspirations and uses it, at least in part, to build or destroy its future.

The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God.