Our life is a pilgrimage

Nearly all the wisdom we possess consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves

To God alone be the glory

No sign is so clear that it does not also carry some obscurity

As I can, but not as I would.

-- Jan van Eyck

Prayer is nothing other than attention in its fullness.

-- Simone Weil

I see, and say nothing.

-- Elizabeth I of England

I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House, and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.

-- John Adams

With united forces (Latin: Viribus Unitis)

-- Franz Joseph I of Austria

Peace at home, peace in the world.

-- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk