To have faith in Divine protection is good, but even beter if backed by the pratical assistance heaven has a right to expect from sensible mortals.

Here I begin to know that blessedness is what can be snatched out the passing day and put away to think of afterwards.

the success of a holiday depends on what you find for yourself on the spot, not what you bring with you.

I have always known that the best of the Saracens could out-Christian many of us Christians.

I go to Prague every year if I can, value my relationships there like gold, and feel myself in a sense Czech, with all their hopes and needs. They are a people I not only love, but admire.

Beauty is a perilous gift.

I do believe I begin to grasp the nature of miracles! For would it be a miracle, if there was any reason for it? Miracles have nothing to do with reason. Miracles contradict reason, they strike clean across mere human deserts, and deliver and save where they will. If they made sense, they would not be miracles.