I reiterate that the rigor and credibility brought to the world by Monti's government are for us a point of no return.
A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.
And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
For with God nothing will be impossible.
To you who hear I say, love your enemies,do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you,pray for those who mistreat you. To the person who strikes you on one cheek,offer the other one as well,and from the person who takes your cloak,do not withhold even your tunic. Give to everyone who asks of you,and from the one who takes what is yours do not demand it back. Do to others as you would have them do to you.
Unless a man or woman has experienced the darkness of the soul he or she can know nothing of that transforming laughter without which no hint of the ultimate reality of the opposites can be faintly intuited.
Life is before you,- not earthly life alone, but life- a thread running interminably through the warp of eternity.
Conventions vs. spontaneity. This is a dialectical choice, it depends on the assessment you make of your own times. If you judge that your own time is ridden with empty insincere formalities, you plump for spontaneity, for indecorous behavior even. . . Much of morality is the task of compensating for one's age. One assumes unfashionable virtues, in an indecorous time. In a time hollowed out by decorum, one must school oneself in spontaneity.
Nonsmokers should be banned from buying any product a smoker created.
There is one thing the power of God and the power of Satan have in common: Neither can influence us unless we allow them to.