The print does not always have the same shape as the body that impressed it, and it doesn't always derive from the pressure of a body. At times it reproduces the impression a body has left in our mind: it is the print of an idea.

One of the problems I have always discussed is the refusal to distinguish between comment and fact. The newspaper wraps every fact into a comment. It is impossible to give mere fact without establishing point of view.

How beautiful was the spectacle of nature not yet touched by the often perverse wisdom of man!

Yes, I know, it's not the truth, but in a great history little truths can be altered so that the greater truth emerges.

I returned to the courtyard and saw that the sun had grown weaker. Beautiful and clear as it had been, the morning (as the day approached the completion of its first half) was becoming damp and misty. Heavy clouds moved from the north and were invading the top of the mountain, covering it with a light brume. It seemed to be fog, and perhaps fog was also rising from the ground, but at that altitude it was difficult to distinguish the mists that rose from below and those that come down from above. It was becoming hard to discern the bulk of the more distant buildings.

The mobile phone... is a tool for those whose professions require a fast response, such as doctors or plumbers.

And what would we be, we sinful creatures, without fear, perhaps the most foresighted, the most loving of the divine gifts?