"In hindsight everything is much clearer."

“Doctrine once sown strikes deep its root, and respect for antiquity influences all men.”

Source : William Harvey, Edward Jenner (2010). “Scientific Papers: Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology”, p.106, Cosimo, Inc.

“Claiming certainty without corroborating evidence is stupid.”

“Every book for me is an exorcism in some way or another, working through my feelings at the time.”

“The philosophic spirit of inquiry may be traced to brute curiosity, and that to the habit of examining all things in search of food. Artistic genius is an expansion of monkey imitativeness.”

Source : William Winwood Reade (1874). “The Martyrdom of Man”, p.394

“The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A marvelous prayer! Marvelous in its simplicity and its depth. In the prayer we repeat many times the words that the Virgin Mary heard from the Archangel, and from her kinswoman Elizabeth.”

“I don't believe the most successful people are the ones who got the best grades, got into the best schools, or made the most money.”

“Have your heart right with Christ, and he will visit you often, and so turn weekdays into Sundays, meals into sacraments, homes into temples, and earth into heaven.”

“I'm happy in a silent world - well, not a silent world but one that relies on - I'm in a pretty physical actor I suppose anyway, and I just don't - I don't struggle that idea of emotional expression just because there aren't words to explain yourself.”