Prayer is the raising of the mind to God. We must always remember this. The actual words matter less.

Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one.

The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone.

There is a common belief that under modern conditions peace cannot be assured except on the basis of an equal balance of armaments...[but] true and lasting peace among nations cannot consist in the possession of an equal supply of armaments but only in mutual trust.

I am able to follow my own death step by step. Now I move softly towards the end.

The deposit of the faith is one thing... the way it is expressed is another.

Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfullfilled potential.