Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer.

General wisdom is not a threat to the gospel, because everything good traces to God. God is merciful and kind; he bestows truth, as well as rain and sunshine, upon the just and the unjust. Christ is the "true light that enlightens every man". This bestowal should inspire feelings of joy, not resentment, in the heart of a Christian. Aristotle said many wise things about logic, Confucius many wise things about morals. When a Christian attacks general wisdom in the name of the gospel, the natural man will attack the gospel in the name of general wisdom.

Confidence awakens confidence.

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.

Give me a lever long enough And a prop strong enough, I can single handed move the world.

In the beginning, the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry, and has been widely regarded as a bad idea.

Like a dull actor now, I have forgot my part, and I am out, Even to a full disgrace.

The sun, too, shines into cesspools, and is not polluted.

Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf.

Character is what you are in the dark.

Prevention is better than cure.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength.

It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars.

Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.

Such subtle covenants shall be made, Till peace itself is war in masquerade.

Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688 Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more.

Dost thou love hawking? Thou hast hawks will soar Above the morning lark.