Officium Divinum Quotes & Sayings

Such seem'd this Man, not all alive nor dead, Nor all asleep; in his extreme old age: His body was bent double, feet and head Coming together in their pilgrimage; As if some dire constraint of pain, or rage Of sickness felt by him in times long past, A more than human weight upon his frame had cast. — William Wordsworth

When we truly discover how to love our neighbor as our self, Capitalism will not be possible and Marxism will not be necessary. — Shane Claiborne

I suppose what's unique about our presentation is the amount of Scripture that kids get. — Willie Aames

All sudden and violent changes, whatever their causes or character, must tend to decrease the respect for status quo as a natural order of things. — Gunnar Myrdal

I concluded by saying that the SEALs in that room truly gave meaning to George Orwell's observation that "people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." page 546 — Robert M. Gates

The days of the Pentagon Papers debates seem long past, when a sudden transparency yielded insight into fights over war and peace and freedom and security; the transparency afforded by Twitter and Facebook yields insights that extend no further than a lawmaker's boundless narcissism and a culture's pitiless prurience. — Nancy Gibbs