“* Pindar, a Thebian Greek wrote (circa 350 B.C.E.) War is sweet to those who have no experience of it. But the experienced man trembles exceedingly in his heart at its approach.”

“Creatures of a day, what is any one? What is he not? Man is but a dream of a shadow. Yet when there comes as a gift of heaven a gleam of sunshine, there rest upon men a radiant light and, aye, a ge...”

“Every gift which is given, even though it be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.”

“A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.”

“Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed. ”

“Time in the turning-over of days works change for better or worse.”

“Only super-efforts count.”

“I want to be in a relationship where you telling me you love me is just a ceremonious validation of what you already show me.”

“That is what a well-guarded prayer life can reveal about us, that our trust is not in ourselves but in seeking God's strength for what we do. Prayer is not a substitute for action, but prayer under...”