A Catholic is a person who has plucked up courage to face the incredible and inconceivable idea that something else may be wiser than he is.

The scientific facts, which were supposed to contradict the faith in the nineteenth century, are nearly all of them regarded as unscientific fictions in the twentieth century.

A feminist is someone who loathes being a woman and who dislikes the chief feminine characteristics.

We all feel the riddle of the earth without anyone to point it out. The mystery of life is the plainest part of it. The clouds and curtains of darkness, the confounding vapors, these are the daily weather of this world.

There are a good many fools who call me a friend, and also a good many friends who call me a fool.

The whole secret of mysticism is this: that man can understand everything by the help of something he cannot understand.

Democracy is like blowing your nose. You may not do it well, but it's something you ought to do yourself.