Quotes from Taylor Caldwell

En medio del desorden la ley debe prevalecer o la humanidad perecerá.

El hombre siempre tuvo una mente torcida y se pregunta mil porqués, dándose mil respuestas.

In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.

Las leyes de dios jamás podrán ser cambiadas. Estudiémoslas, porque seguimos siendo romanos y nosotros hemos invocado siempre a Dios.

Ay de nosotros! ¡Hemos llegado a conocer unos tiempos en que hasta la vista de nuestros propios soldados nos causa temor.

Liberty, above all, has been the most profound ideal of Judeo-Christianity, liberty of mind and soul and body, a new concept among men. It is no wonder, then, that the foes of freedom first attack religion, which liberated mankind.

As Aristotle said, long before Christ, a people who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. It is obvious that we are repeating it today.

Los hijos de las tinieblas no se sentían acosados por su conciencia y por lo tanto, podían gozar alegremente de la vida. Los hijos de la luz en cambio, tenían la expresión seria y vivían apenados porque en el mundo reinaba el mal.

I was never afraid of anything in the world except the dentist.

No hay ninguna raza que no tenga la leyenda de que el Divino aparecerá en la tierra

Lloro mi perdida juventud, mis esperanzas y mis sueños, el espectro de una promesa muerta, los años enguirnaldados en los que yo creí que la vida tenía algún significado. ¿Cómo pueden soportar los otros hombres esta carga?

Yet, he is greatly loved," said Marcus. Scaevola nodded, and frowned. "Perhaps it is because a totally evil man has an irresistible charm, and excites the envy and admiration of those who dare not display themselves so completely.

Los ciudadanos corrompidos incuban gobernantes corruptos, y es la multitud la que, a fin de cuentas, decide cuándo ha de morir la virtud».

money came from human misery and death and despair, as always it does.

los hombres se convierten muy a menudo en esclavos de lo inmediato.

Forests, hills, mountains, rivers, and green streams had no protection in the face of rapacity.

Sin contar con Dios no pongas tu mano en nada!».

Si alguien se siente desgraciado, que recuerde que se siente infeliz por él mismo; porque Dios ha creado a todos los hombres para que gocen de la felicidad y de su constancia

Un hombre no debe ser enteramente del mundo, a menos que pierda su alma, ni debe ser enteramente del espíritu, a menos que pierda su humanidad.

I tell you that no nation is the enemy of another nation, no people the enemy of another people! There are no bad nations; there are only bad governments, which are taken over by the men of evil. 'The spawn of Satan,' as the Bible calls them.

Never permit him to say to you, "I am needed by my country more than any other man, therefore, you must not dismiss me." You have corrupted him and he should be removed and avoided, and left to rediscover his soul in silence or—in exile.

He who seeks God will surely find Him—and let him beware when that happens, for it is a gift which can either kill or save or drive mad! Surely it is best only to love Him and let Him reveal Himself gently, as He wills, and not to demand all. For Moses alone saw the Face of God, and of that Vision, it is said, he expired.

If the middle-class has any function at all it is to work to provide us with taxes, with which we can bribe the mobs of Rome and keep them contented and docile.

The history of the fall of every nation is the history of the rise of the low-bred man and the fall of the gentleman.