The disease of mutual distrust among nations is the bane of modern civilization.

You never see what you want to see, forever playing to the gallery.

Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.

The falcon and the dove sit there together, And th' one of them doth prune the other's feather.

On a March clothesline .. transparent icicles in a row in the bright sun they drip and glow Marks of exclamation !!!!!!!!!! a sentence of joyful exclamation !!!!!!!!

I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.

Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

In truth, to attain to interior peace, one must be willing to pass through the contrary to peace. Such is the teaching of the Sages.

Modern man drives a mortgaged car over a bond-financed highway on credit-card gas.

My poor head is in such a whirl, my mind is all in bits.

Happiness is a path, not a destination.

Better shun the bait than struggle in the snare.

Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many players on the field?

For people who like peace and quiet: a phone less cord.

And of course, the brain is not responsible for any of the sensations at all. The correct view is that the seat and source of sensation is the region of the heart. -Aristotle.

Faith is putting all your eggs in God's basket, then counting your blessings before they hatch.

Christmas is here: Winds whistle shrill, Icy and chill, Little care we: Little we fear Weather without, Sheltered about The Mahogany-Tree.

Why did Nature create man? Was it to show that she is big enough to make mistakes, or was it pure ignorance?

Feast of James the Apostle When Jesus calls his disciples "brothers" and "friends", he is contradicting general Jewish usage and breaking through into a new concept of brotherhood which is not tribal, but open to any person.

It was on the last night of His life, when His enemies were all around Him, that He spoke to His disciples of the joy that no man taketh away. Read again the story of His Passion: Jesus is seen throughout as calm, quiet, and confident. His last word is, "Father, into Thy hands I commit my spirit". Someone may say, "Yes, but He knew that He was going to rise from the dead." But have we not the same promise for ourselves? [Continued tomorrow].