Thou hast fair forms that move With queenly tread; Thou hast proud fanes above Thy mighty dread. Yet wears thy Tiber's shore A mournful mien:-- Rome, Rome, thou art no more As thou hast been.

God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illuminated by the steady radiance, renewed daily, of a wonder the source of which is beyond all reason.

Maturity is the time of life when, if you had the time, you'd have the time of your life.

What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

There is a green hill far away, Without a city wall, Where the dear Lord was crucified Who died to save us all.

The prophet's mantle, ere his flight began, Dropt on the world--a sacred gift to man.

Feast of Peter & Paul, Apostles The unbelieving mind would not be convinced by any proof, and the worshiping heart needs none.

He who desires to become a spiritual man must not be ever taking note of others, and above all of their sins, lest he fall into wrath and bitterness, and a judging spirit towards his neighbors.

The cat of the slums and alleys, starved, outcast, harried,... still displays the self- reliant watchfulness which man has never taught it to lay aside.

Kisses honeyed by oblivion.

The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I'm not mistaken, and I'll never lack priests to serve it as long as there are men.

Jove, thou regent of the skies.

If we can't figure something out in three weeks, we probably shouldn't bother.

He that has pity on the poor lends to the Lord.

Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible. We are not, however, in danger of lacking meaning; quite the contrary, we are gorged with meaning and it is killing us.

Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.

The stupider the peasant, the better the horse understands him.

Life is a one-way street, and we are not coming back.

There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.

Gain from your opponents without sacrificing your own strength.