Birds do not sing in the dark of night.

Show me a waste country, and I'll show you a brutal people.

No faith can live that is not beautiful...
"The beauty God has put in your heart, child, you must always keep...
How much I think of it I'll tell you.

I'm an old man now, an old and broken man, and in a few years I'll stand before my Master.
"'What have you seen on my earth,' He'll ask me, 'you who followed St.
Peter!' "'Lord! Lord!' I'll tell Him, 'I've seen mighty things.

I've seen the bridegroom leave his bride and the king his kingdom, the huckster leave his booth, and the reaper drop his hook, that they might rescue Your Holy Sepulchre from pagan hands.' "'And anything else ?' He'll ask.
"'And I've seen a young man go out into the desert and over his head was a star...' "You may think you have failed, child, but remember that in the coming times your name and fame will awaken beauty, and many's the traveler on the hard road will find his courage again, and he thinking of Marco Polo.