If there is one thing worse than the modern weakening of major morals, it is the modern strengthening of minor morals.

For religion all men are equal, as all pennies are equal, because the only value of any of them is that they bear the image of the king.

There are many definite methods, honest and dishonest, which make people rich; the only instinct I know of which does it is that instinct which theological Christianity crudely describes as the sin of avarice.

We cannot fling ourselves into the blank future; we can only call up images from the past. This being so, the important principle follows, that how many images we have largely depends on how much past we have.

The Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.

The man of the true religious tradition understands two things: liberty and obedience. The first means knowing what you really want. The second means knowing what you really trust.

Like every book I never wrote, it is by far the best book I have ever written.