No bishop, no king; he might have added, No devil, no divine right.
Most priests wish they were as righteous as they seem to most members of their congregations.
There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnit...
Her screams spiraled up into the night air
Even so have I given the womb of the earth to those that be sown in it in their times.
Let my silence grow with noise as pregnant mothers grow with life. Let my silence permeate these walls as sunlight permeates a home. Let the silence rise from unwatered graves and craters left by bomb...
Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.
Failure to put the relationship on a slower timetable may result in an act that was never intended in the first place. Another important principle is to avoid the circumstances where compromise is lik...
When everyone has a microphone, you can't hear anything. Choose one voice carefully and listen in.
Joy cannot be pursued. It comes from within. It is a state of being. It does not depend on circumstances, but triumphs over circumstances. It produces a gentleness of spirit and a magnetic personality...
A good character is not only about the good person people know you to be. Your ability to tell the truth about how bad you had been is also a good character.