Why are those who are notoriously undisciplined and unmoral also most contemptuous of religion and morality? They are trying to solace their own unhappy lives by pulling the happy down to their own abysmal depths.

The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings.

Baloney is flattery laid on so thick it cannot be true, and blarney is flattery so thin we love it.

We can think of Lent as a time to eradicate evil or cultivate virtue, a time to pull up weeds or to plant good seeds. Which is better is clear, for the Christian ideal is always positive rather than negative.

Once a man ceases to be of service to his neighbor, he begins to be a burden to him.

I wonder maybe if our Lord does not suffer more from our indifference, than He did from the crucifixion.

for a woman, love is its own reason. "I love you because I love you.