let me whisper my belief, entre nous, that of those eminent philosophers who cry out against parsons the loudest, there are not many who have got their knowledge of the church by going thither often.

Mark to yourself the gradual way in which you have been prepared for, and are now led by an irresistible necessity to enter upon your great labour.

When the expected occurred, never panic, by keep calming, you gain control over the situation.

Trusting anyone can get you killed.

Yet today we make room for a remarkably narrow range of personality styles. We’re told that to be great is to be bold, to be happy is to be sociable.

None can be an impartial or wise observer of human life but from the vantage ground of what we should call voluntary poverty.

How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will.

I had known a couple of people who had died, but the loss of my mother contained something of the profoundly unknowable.

Where ever you are be all there

Libraries rock! Not a sermon, just a fact. As a kid I was a library rat and books changed my life. They can change yours.

I'm more of the sneaker-wearing, computer geek type.

You can take of a man's money, but when it's all said and done, you've only taken his money.