It is a myth, not a mandate, a fable not a logic, and symbol rather than a reason by which men are moved.

O little Force that in your agony Stood fast while England girt her armour on, Held high our honour in your wounded hands, Carried our honour safe with bleeding feet-- We have no glory great enough for you, The very soul of Britain keeps your day.

The burdens of the world on my back lightens the world not one whit, while removing them greatly decreases my specific gravity.

Boredom is like a pitiless zooming in on the epidermis of time. Every instant is dilated and magnified like the pores of the face.

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.

"Sye," he seyd, "be the same hatte I can knowe yf my wyfe be badde To me by eny other man; If my floures ouver fade or falle, Then doth my wyfe me wrong wyth alle As many a woman can."

Revenge is sweeter than life itself. So think fools.

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

there are lies, damned lies and statistics.

Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals.

There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.

The water owns a power Divine, And conscious blushes into wine; Its very nature changed displays The power Divine that it obeys.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Commemoration of Richard Baxter, Priest, Hymnographer, Teacher, 1691 It is sometimes said that even if no rules were laid down for the conduct of its affairs, the Church, being created by Jesus to "further the work of the Kingdom of God", can be judged by the extent to which it is successful in continuing his work. This supposition rests upon a misunderstanding of what is meant by "the Kingdom of God"... The Kingdom itself is not something to be "furthered" or "built" by men's efforts. It is something which we are invited to recognize as already present, after a manner, in the life and work of Jesus. It is something to be inherited or entered into by those who believe. The task of the Church, in other words, is not to set the stage for a better world than this one but to draw the curtain from it, to reveal something that is already there.

We must find a way, or we will make one.

In my Father's house are many mansion: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.

Bulls make money. Bears make money. Pigs get slaughtered.

Rapport? You mean like, 'You run as fast as you can, and I'll throw it as far as I can'?

A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.