There are two ways of getting home; and one of them is to stay there.

Nothing is so remote from us as the thing which is not old enough to be history and not new enough to be news.

Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men.

Any one of the strange laws we suffer is a compromise between a fad and a vested interest.

Religious unity can look like a carnival and religious liberty can look like a funeral.

A yawn is a silent shout.

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