Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety of factors in operation, not because of any lack of order in nature.

"Thou wert not, Solomon! in all thy glory Array'd," the lilies cry, "in robes like ours; How vain your grandeur! Ah, how transitory Are human flowers!"

Whenever anyone says, 'theoretically,' they really mean, 'not really.'.

Memory is the thing you forget with.

Ever a glutton, at another's cost, But in whose kitchen dwells perpetual frost.

Diamonds are forever. E-mail comes close.

I look upon you as a gem of the old rock.

Every mission constitutes a pledge of duty. Every man is bound to consecrate his every faculty to its fulfilment. He will derive his rule of action from the profound conviction of that duty.

Governments will always misuse the machinery of the law as far as the state of public opinion permits.

History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history.

Theology in general, instead of acting as a beacon-light to guide the people of God, the laity, as they confront the problems of living for Christ in the world, has for generations been taking refuge in an ever more minute study of Christian origins. Theology is less and less about God and God's world, and more and more a department of ancient history, absorbed in minute details of historical and literary criticism. The whole business is wildly out of proportion.

Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy.

Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.

Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.

When I am at Rome, I fast on a Saturday: when I am at Milan I do not. Do the same. Follow the custom of the church where you are.

Life is hard, no one makes it out alive.

Politics is the conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

If I were to prescribe one process in the training of men which is fundamental to success in any direction, it would be thoroughgoing training in the habit of accurate observation. It is a habit which every one of us should be seeking ever more to perfect.

A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.