Our whole philosophy is one of transparency.
No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.
Rome - the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and trophies gathered from afar.
Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.
People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors.
Life is measured by the rapidity of change, the succession of influences that modify the being.
All passion becomes strength when it has an outlet.
You snuck up on me,” she said. “I guess I’m not much of a Shadowhunter, huh?” Simon shrugged. “Well, in your defense, I do move with a silent, pantherlike grace.
We declare, say , define, and pronounce that it is absolutely necessary for the salvation of every human creature to be subject to the Roman Pontiff.
When in doubt chicken out.
I got a lot of Ph. D. -types and smart people around me who come into the Oval Office and say, 'Mr. President, here's what's on my mind. ' And I listen carefully to their advice. But having gathered the device, I decide, you know, I say, 'This is what we're going to do. '