“Most of life is a matter of nonessential differences.”
“The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of the nonessentials.”
“On the essentials, unity. On the nonessentials, liberty. In everything, charity.”
“Pope John XXIII's motto might be heard here: "In essentials unity, in nonessentials liberty, and in all things, charity." That is second-half-of-life, hardwon wisdom.”
“We do not work for unity; we work to end and erase disunity. Unity is of God; disunity is of man. In matters of doctrine and practice of conscience, our guide should be this traditional saying: "In essentials, unity. In nonessentials, liberty. But in all things, love.”
“The difference between homicide and suicide is mostly a matter of where you perceive the door top to the cage to be.”