Nothing is certain by uncertainty.

A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.

somehow one must love the world without being worldly.

America is the only country ever founded on a creed.

Mr. McCabe thinks that I am not serious but only funny, because Mr. McCabe thinks that funny is the opposite of serious. Funny is the opposite of not funny and nothing else.

I came to the conclusion that the optimist thought everything good except the pessimist, and that the pessimist thought everything bad, except himself.

Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.