Annius has some two hundred tables, and servants for every table. Dishes run hither and thither, and plates fly about. Such entertainments as these keep to yourselves, ye pompous; I am ill pleased with a supper that walks.

The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.

Heat it up!

Most people stand on the dock of life waiting for their ship to come in when deep down inside they know it has never left port.

Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.

All of us necessarily hold many casual opinions that are ludicrously wrong simply because life is far too short for us to think through even a small fraction of the topics that we come across.

Our quarrel with the world is an echo of the endless quarrel proceeding within us.

Our own life is the instrument with which we experiment with the truth. -Thich Nhat Hanh.

Why are the umpires, the only two people on the field who aren't going to get grass stains on their knees, the only ones allowed to wear dark trousers.

I haven't heard of anybody who want's to stop living on account of the cost.

Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, 1253 The Word of God can grow to be only a hunting-ground for texts; and we can preach, meaning intensely every word we utter, and yet in reality only lost for the moment like an actor in his part, or at least leaving it to the folk to live it out; for us, bless me, we have no time for that, but are already immersed, poor harried souls, in determining what we shall preach on next.

For 't is always fair weather When good fellows get together With a stein on the table and a good song ringing clear.

Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.

History is more or less bunk.

A crier of green sauce.

Where things have not changed at all, there is the least likelihood of revolution.

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.

The need for Government is the need for force; where force is unnecessary, there is no need for Government.

The way to the heart is through the ears -Katie Hurley.

Our system is not one of justice, but of law.