It is . . . sometimes easier to head an institute for the study of child guidance than it is to turn one brat into a decent human being.

And always we had wars, and more wars, and still other wars — all over Europe, all over the world. 'Sometimes in the private interest of royal families,' Satan said, 'sometimes to crush a weak nation; but never a war started by the aggressor for any clean purpose — there is no such war in the history of the race.

The man in the street does not know a star in the sky.

Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, 1253 Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why He should grant this, or that; He knows best what is good for us. If your boy should ask you [for] a suit of clothes, and give you reasons, would you endure it? You know his needs better than he: let him ask a suit of clothes.

I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.

Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

Feast of Chad, Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of Lichfield, Missionary, 672 Do those who say, "Lo here, or lo there, are the signs of His coming", think to be too keen for Him, and spy His approach? When He tells them to watch lest He find them neglecting their work, they stare this way and that, and watch lest He should succeed in coming like a thief!

Life is like a grammar lesson. You find the past perfect and the present tense.

There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor. .

Vain, weak-built isthmus, which dost proudly rise Up between two eternities!

Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats.

The idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it.

The inseparable gold umbrella which in that country as much denotes the grandee as the star or garter does in England.

Learn avidly. Question repeatedly what you have learned. Analyze it carefully. Then put what you have learned into practice intelligently.

''I do have sort of a spiritual center now that I didn't have before,'' says Earle. ''But my spirituality is real retarded. It basically consists of `I believe there is a God, and it ain't me.' It's simple, but it works.'' source: Boston Globe.

Eighty percent of life's satisfaction comes from meaningful relationships.

Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world.

The forest laments in order that Mr. Gladstone may perspire.

Fervor is the weapon of choice of the impotent.

Dreaming of a to-morrow, which to-morrow Will be as distant then as 'tis to-day. - Lope Felix de Vega Carpio ,