The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time. God became Man for no other purpose.

Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.

When you invite a middle-aged moralist to address you, I suppose I must conclude that you have a taste for middle-aged moralizing.

Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one.

The only thing one can usually change in one's situation is oneself. And yet one can't change that either-only ask Our Lord to do so.

Your book bill ought to be your biggest extravagance.

No good work is done anywhere without aid from the Father of Lights.