To go abroad has something of the same sense that death brings. I am no longer of ye-what ye say of me is now of no consequence.
Do one thing every day you don't want to do.
By common consent of all the nations and all the ages the most valuable thing in this world is the homage of men, whether deserved or undeserved.
Most men die at 27, we just bury them at 72.
It may be called the Master Passion, the hunger for self-approval.
I have learned that human existence is essentially tragic. It is only the love of God, disclosed and enacted in Christ, that redeems the human tragedy and makes it tolerable. No, more than tolerable. Wonderful.