On what grounds would God be told that He can bring death to millions of people at the end of a normal life span, but that He may not do it in any other way?

The Church was not left in this world to perfume the dung-heap of fallen humanity, but to take out, one by one, those who will be saved from the coming destruction.

We need a bigger estimation of God and a smaller estimation of sin.

As long as we have children seeking unrealistic dreams, anything is possible.

Ay me! for aught that I ever could read Could ever hear by tale or history The course of true love never did run smooth.

Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words…By means of art were are sometimes sent - dimly, briefly - revelations unattainable by reason.

We are so absorbed in our thoughts that every thought that comes through is a reality. We have to start to detach ourselves from thought and become aware that there are things beyond thought.

A formal manipulator in mathematics often experiences the discomforting feeling that his pencil surpasses him in intelligence.

In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.

Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air.

don't say it. don't tell me that nobody's going to stare at me, because they will. don't tell me it doesn't matter, because it does. and don't tell me i look fine because that's a lie.