Gentle words, quiet words, are after all the most powerful words. They are more convincing, more compelling, more prevailing.

By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody else.

Commemoration of Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945 He said to Judas when he betrayed Him: "Friend, wherefore art thou come?" Just as if He had said: "Thou hatest me, and art mine enemy, yet I love thee, and am thy friend." ... As though God in human nature were saying: "I am pure, simple goodness, and therefore I cannot will or desire or rejoice in, or do or give anything but goodness. If I am to reward thee for thy evil and wickedness, I must do it with goodness, for I am and have nothing else." ... Theologia Germanica June 7, 2002 Some will not believe in miracles because the laws of nature work uniformly. But their uniformity is undisturbed by human operations; the will of man wields, without cancelling, these mighty forces which surround us: and why may not the will of God do the same?

Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.

Men are still men. The despot's wickedness Comes of ill teaching, and of power's excess,-- Comes of the purple he from childhood wears, Slaves would be tyrants if the chance were theirs.

Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.

Two lives that once part, are as ships that divide When, moment on moment, there rushes between The one and the other, a sea;-- Ah, never can fall from the days that have been A gleam on the years that shall be!

God overrides at times the screenplay of Her starscript.

What the discordant harmony of circumstances would and could effect. [Lat., Quid velit et possit rerum concordia discors.]

People never say, "It's only a game", when they're winning.

First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits, or they'll eventually conquer you.

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

I guess the only way to stop divorce is to stop marriage.

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.

It's ok for a man to commit adultery if his wife is ugly

We are none of us infallible -- not even the youngest of us.

Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence.

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

Time is money.

To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question.