Role Models

"...it befits the well-ordered state and the tranquillity of our times that each individual be allowed, according to his own choice, to worship the Divinity; and we mean not to derogate aught from the honour due to any religion or its votaries." 

"Justice is the constant and perpetual wish to render to every one his due."

"Those whose interests are threatened by extreme danger should think only of the wisest course of action, not of conventions."

"Right action is better than knowledge; but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right."

Otto the Great

Father of the Holy Roman Empire

"Be HUMBLE in this life,
that God may raise you up in the next. Be truly MODERATE
and do not punish or condemn anyone immoderately. Be GENTLE, so that you may never oppose justice. Be HONORABLE,
so that you may never voluntarily
bring disgrace upon anyone. Be CHASTE, so that you may avoid all the foulness of lust
like the pangs of death."

"...as for the matter of strigas/witches, there is no such thing, therefore no further investigations or trials are to be held"

Maria Theresa

"Vitam et sanguinem pro rege nostro!"

"The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism."

"Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death."

"To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society."

"The Word is living, being, spirit, all verdant greening, all creativity. This Word manifests itself in every creature."

"The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false."

“Not all those who wander are lost.”

"But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again…"

"All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it."

"I am a soldier of Christ, is not permissible for me to fight."

"In her voyage across the ocean of this world, the Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life’s different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship but to keep her on her course."

"Love is incapable of being concealed; a word, a look, nay, silence, speaks it."

"God knows I never sought anything in you except yourself. I wanted simply you, nothing of yours."

"How can I, a wretched creature, continue to wear a crown of earthly dignity, when I see my King Jesus Christ crowned with thorns?"

"A joyful heart is more easily made perfect than a downcast one."

“I strive always, in all things, to understand, as clearly as possible and follow, the will of God and this, in the most perfect way.”

"Long live Christ, the king! Long live Austria! (Es lebe Christus, der König! Es lebe Österreich!)"

“Nobody is so poor he has nothing to give, and nobody is so rich he has nothing to receive.”

"For not by numbers of men, nor by measure of body, but by valor of soul is war to be decided."

"Do not march or precipitate your attack. The Saracens are like a torrent which is dangerous to stem … Be patient till they have loaded themselves with the encumbrances of wealth."

"Defend, my friends, Christendom and Hungary from all enemies... Do not quarrel among yourselves. If you should waste your energies in altercations, you will seal your own fate as well as dig the grave of our country."

"You ruin the sacraments of the Church, you rend the articles of Faith, you destroy churches... What rage or madness drives you?"

"But the real way to get happiness is by giving out happiness to other people. Try and leave this world a little better than you found it and when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate you have not wasted your time but have done your best."

"Be Prepared!"