In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?

How high a price we pay for the burden of habit! I am fitted for life here where I do not want to be, I want to live there but am unfit for it, and on both counts I am miserable.

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.

God is more truly imagined than expressed, and He exists more truly than He is imagined.

I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.

Go forth on your path, as it exists only through your walking.

Cantare amantis est ... Singing belongs to one who loves." (s. 336, 1 – PL 38, 1472).