We die to each other daily. What we know of other people is only our memory of the moments during which we knew them. And they have changed since then. To pretend that they and we are the same is a useful and convenient social convention which must sometimes be broken. We must also remember that at every meeting we are meeting a stranger.

Between the desire And the spasm, Between the potency And the existence, Between the essence And the descent, Falls the Shadow.

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

The hint half guessed, the gift half understood, is Incarnation.

The hippopotamus's day Is passed in sleep; at night he hunts; God works in a mysterious way- The Church can sleep and feed at once.

A thousand policemen directing traffic cannot tell you why you come or where you go.

The destination cannot be described; / You will know very little until you get there; / You will journey blind.