It was not that she was out of temper, but that the world was not equal to the demands of her fine organism.

The modern definition of 'racist' is someone who is winning an argument with a liberal.

The idol is the measure of the worshipper.

Feast of Matthias the Apostle I shall not value his prayers at all, be he never so earnest and frequent in them, who gives not alms according to his ability.

Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552 It is a rare campus indeed where the Christian universe of discourse is the shared basis of allegiance and the common currency of intellectual exchange. More likely, the Christian faith is an archaic facade, a bit of Victorian fretwork on the front of the house, of which polite note is made at Commencement, but not the common premise of teaching and research and learning.

Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar!

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

Go, forget me--why should sorrow O'er that brow a shadow fling? Go, forget me--and to-morrow Brightly smile and sweetly sing. Smile--though I shall not be near thee; Sing--though I shall never hear thee.

Feast of Thomas More, Scholar & Martyr, & John Fisher, Bishop & Martyr, 1535 We must always speak of the efficacy of the ministry in such a manner that the entire praise of the work may be reserved for God alone.

Freedom...refer to a social relationship among people- namely, the absence of force as a prospective instrument of decision making. Freedom is reduced whenever a decision is made under threat of force, whether or not force actually materializes or is evident in retrospect.

Some people lose their health getting wealth and then lose their wealth gaining health.

There is only one success-to be able to spend your life in your own way.

When I am at Rome I fast as the Romans do; when I am at Milan I do not fast. So likewise you, whatever church you come to, observe the custom of the place, if you would neither give offence to others, nor take offence from them.

Never leave that till to-morrow which you can do to-day.

What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.

Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers .

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.

How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is clearly Ocean.

The thoughts of Plato and Machiavelli... don't seem quite enough armor for a world beset with splitting the atoms, urban guerrillas, nineteen varieties of psychotherapists, amplified guitars, napalm, computers, astronauts, and an atmosphere polluted simultaneously with auto exhaust and TV commercials.

The English, a spirited nation, claim the empire of the sea; the French, a calmer nation, claim that of the air.