Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.

I really wanted to die at certain periods in my life. Death was like love, a romantic escape. I took pills because I didn't want to throw myself off my balcony and know people would photograph me lying dead below.

The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause.

But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the music and must never be swallowed up in it.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

The zeal of friends it is that razes me, And not the hate of enemies.

Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

I would rather attempt something great and fail than attempt to do nothing and succeed.

Seven cities warr'd for Homer being dead, Who living had no roofe to shroud his head.

This autonomy of man, this attempt of the Ego to understand itself out of itself, is the lie concerning man which we call sin. The truth about man is that his ground is not in himself but in God -- that his essence is not in self sufficient reason but in the Word, in the challenge of God, in responsibility, not in self-sufficiency. The true being of man is realized when he bases himself upon God's Word. Faith is then not an impossibility or a salto mortale , but that which is truly natural; and the real salto mortale (a mortal leap indeed!) is just the assertion of autonomy, self-sufficiency, God-likeness. through this usurped independence man separates himself from God, and at the same time isolates himself from his fellows. Individualism is the necessary consequence of rational autonomy, just as love is the necessary consequence of faith.

Each man is the smith of his own fortune.

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

To a person in love, the value of the individual is intuitively known. Love needs no logic for its mission.

The difference between a rebel and a patriot is wether who is in power.

That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution.

If you don't love, you can't live; if you don't live, you can't love.

Christianity is a source; no one supply of water and refreshment that comes from it can be called the sum of Christianity. It is a mistake, and may lead to much error, to exhibit any series of maxims, even those of the Sermon on the Mount, as the ultimate sum and formula into which Christianity may be run up.

No letters after your name are ever going to be a total guarantee of competence any more than they are a guarantee against fraud. Improving competence involves continuing professional development ... That is the really crucial thing, not just passing an examination.

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.