Hope is patience with the lamp lit.

He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.

It is certain because it is possible.

Two kinds of blindness are easily combined so that those who do not see really appear to see what is not.

Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

The first reaction to truth is hatred.

Indeed it is better to postpone, lest either we complete too little by hurrying, or wander too long in completing it.

The more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed.

Prevention of birth is a precipitation of murder.

Christians are made, not born.

Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.

Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.

The pleasure of those who injure you lies in your pain. Therefore they will suffer if you take away their pleasure by not feeling pain.

You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.

The usual complaint is, 'I have no other way of earning a living.' The harsh reply can be, 'Do you have to live?'

The nature of rumor is known to all.

The entire fruit is already present in the seed.

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.

Hope is patience with the lamp lit.

It is certain because it is impossible.

What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?

Nothing that is God's is obtainable by money.

Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy.

He who flees will fight again.

You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.

Fear is the foundation of safety.

Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.

See how these Christians love one another.

Against Him those women sin who torment their skin with potions, stain their cheeks with rouge and extend the line of their eyes with black coloring. Doubtless they are dissatisfied with God's plastic skill. In their own persons they convict and censure the Artificer of all things.

To forbid birth is only quicker murder. He is a man, who is to be a man; the fruit is always present in the seed.

All the Scriptures give clear proof of the Trinity, and it is from these that our principle is deduced...the distinction of the Trinity is quite clearly displayed.

All the Scriptures give clear proof of the Trinity, and it is from these that our principle is deduced...the distinction of the Trinity is quite clearly displayed.

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

The tender heart, the broken and contrite spirit, are to me far above all the joys that I could ever hope for in this vale of tears.

The most important training, though, is to experience life as a writer, questioning everything, inventing multiple explanations for everything. If you do that, all the other things will come; if you don't, there's no hope for you.

I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it.

The only hope is that our civilization will collapse at a certain point, as always happens in history. Then, out of barbarity, a renaissance.

Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.

Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is very good company by the way.

I don't sit in the corner waiting for death: death has to pursue me. I'm going strong. I hope to reach 100 and ask for an extension, just like my grandmother did.

When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.

I'd hope to reach any kid who feels apart from the group - those who seem to be outsiders, who feel different. Kids who want to reach their parents often don't know how to do so.

If we can just take a few companies, and use those as models, as examples, to show the rest of corporate America how they can become more competitive, that's what I'd like to do and that's what I hope to do.

It's part of the calling to at least do a few songs in the show that give people some hope. There's so much hurt in this world and... music is such a great healing balm and a great way to forget your troubles.

Just as a mother finds pleasure in taking her little child on her lap, there to feed and caress him, in like manner our loving God shows His fondness for His beloved souls who have given themselves entirely to Him and have placed all their hope in His goodness.

Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement.