1422  In the beginning there was nothing. God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better.

1529  Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

1047  When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.

450  Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter

857  To flee vice is the beginning of virtue, and to have got rid of folly is the beginning of wisdom.