The world could not long ignore a holy church. The church is not despised because it is holy: it is despised because it is not holy enough. There is not enough difference between the people inside the church and those outside to be impressive. A church in which saints were as common as now they are rare would convict the world, if only by contrast. Sanctity cannot be ignored. Even a little bit is potent. So far from the gates of hell prevailing against it, it hammers on their triple steel.

There must be some great truth underlying the instinct for worship.

Commerce is the cure for the most destructive prejudices.

The groundhog is like most other prophets; it delivers its prediction and then disappears.

Most airlines move too fast in a merger. Speed is not as critical as efficiency.

On the one hand, it's common sense it's hard to see someone you love get sick or die. People are interconnected and their health is, too.

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.