Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast; Is that portentous phrase, "I told you so."

I don't think I'll live long enough to shoot my age. I'm lucky to shoot my weight.

They also serve who only stand and wait.

Feast of Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Teachers, 379 & 389 Commemoration of Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Mystic, Staretz, 1833 We must always be on our guard lest, under the pretext of keeping one commandment, we be found breaking another. ... St. Basil the Great January 3, 1998 Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970 For us in the Pacific, in Asia, in India, and in Africa, Christian unity is not an optional extra. It is an urgent necessity, for our divisions are a real stumbling-block to the proclamation of the Gospel... Mission is at the heart of the divine reality. It is the will of God and the Kingdom of God which are to be made known. Wherever we are, our purpose is not to propagate the Church as an end in itself, but to proclaim Christ as Lord of all life and as Saviour of all men.

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

Amongst the sons of men how few are known Who dare be just to merit not their own.

Baseball is almost the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.

I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees.

Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.

Worry gives a small thing a big shadow.

Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed the principles that were known to our grandfathers.

One should always be in love. This is the reason why one should never marry.

one day I will wake up, and it will all fit together.

Sooner or later, you start taking yourself seriously. You know when you need a break. You know when you need a rest. You know what to get worked up about and what to get rid of. And you know when it's time to take care of yourself, for yourself. To do something that makes you stronger, faster, more complete. Because you know it's never too late to have a life. And never too late to change one.

There are three dimensions to credit cards, length, width and debt.

Just go on . . . and faith will soon return.

In judging others, folks will work overtime for no pay.