There was a helplessness to his joy, the same kind of helplessness as in that woman’s despair.
Nothing amazes me anymore.
The eagle only knows how high it can fly when it spreads its wings.
How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names.
In presence of the Moon nobody sees stars.
The father who has selflessly poured himself into the life of his children may leave no other monument than that of his children. But as for a life well lived, no other monument is necessary.
A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
No two persons can learn something and experience it in the same way.
More than any other attribute of Jesus, his humility is the key to a healthy marriage. If two people make it their goal to imitate the humility of Christ, everything else will take care of itself.
Not being happy really is my fear.