You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass. A touch here, a push there, and you bring back the reign of Saturn.
The robe of flesh wears thin, and with the years God shines through all things.
The best prayers have often more groans than words.
To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.
He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply.
