The whole of what we know is a system of compensations. Each suffering is rewarded; each sacrifice is made up; every debt is paid.

The Chinese word for "crisis" contains two characters. One of them means "opportunity".

Lanscape shapes culture.

Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.

If we could have a little patience, we should escape much mortification; time takes away as much as it gives.

A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world.

Even if I'm not asleep, that doesn't mean I'm awake.

Where billows never break, not tempests roar.

The Two Dogs A man had two dogs: a Hound, trained to assist him in his sports, and a Housedog, taught to watch the house. When he returned home after a good day's sport, he always gave the Housedog a large share of his spoil. The Hound, feeling much aggrieved at this, reproached his companion, saying, It is very hard to have all this labor, while you, who do not assist in the chase, luxuriate on the fruits of my exertions. The Housedog replied, Do not blame me, my friend, but find fault with the master, who has not taught me to labor, but to depend for subsistence on the labor of others. Children are not to be blamed for the faults of their parents.

We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.

Feast of William Law, Priest, Mystic, 1761 Commemoration of William of Ockham, Franciscan Friar, Philosopher, Teacher, 1347 Commemoration of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Priest, Scientist, Visionary, 1955 Christianity does not consist in any partial amendment of our lives, any particular moral virtues, but in an entire change of our natural temper, a life wholly devoted to God.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

Of all the arts in which the wise excel, nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.

Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion, that explosion is apt to be more impressive than the outburst of the most violent amongst us.

You don't have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things -- to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.

Commenting on LaVell Edwards' contribution to college football: He may not be at the head of the class, but whatever class he is in it doesn't take long to call the roll.

Our faith and our friendships are not shattered by one big act, but by many small neglects.

I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is. - Strong Opinions.

It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the grain of sand in your shoe. Unknown.