Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.

Art is man's nature: Nature is God's art.

Feast of Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 Commemoration of Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689 "The clergy," says Canon Rhymes, "are called to give to the laity the benefit of their theological understanding and so help them to account for and understand the faith which is in them." But surely there is no point in trying to account for faith: the moment it is accounted for rationally, it is no longer faith. Those whose hearts are filled with the Christian spirit... are best left to proclaim the Gospel in their own words and, above all, through the example of their own lives.

Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.

If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.

The universal subjugator, the commonplace.

Happy campers you have been, happy campers you are, and happy campers you will always be.

A man spoke frantically into the phone: "My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart!" "Is this her first child?" the doctor asked. "No, you idiot!" the man shouted. "This is her husband!".

Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

All inquires carry with them some element of risk. There is no guarantee that the universe will conform to our predispositions.

The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.

The refusal to choose is a form of choice; disbelief is a form of belief.

Big doesn't necessarily mean better..sunflowers aren't better than violets.

'Twas Game Six of the Series when out of the sky, Flew Sergio's parachute, a Met banner held high. His goal was to spur our home team to success, Burst Beantown's balloon claiming Sox were the best.

There is no index so sure as the voice.

The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure.

Stronger than thunder's winged force All-powerful gold can speed its course; Through watchful guards its passage make, And loves through solid walls to break.