The woman does not work because the man tells her to work and she obeys. On the contrary, the woman works because she has told the man to work and he hasn’t obeyed.

Theology is simply that part of religion that requires brains.

Madness does not come by breaking out, but by giving in; by settling down in some dirty, little, self-repeating circle of ideas; by being tamed.

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

The historic glory of America lies in the fact that it is the one nation that was founded like a church. That is, it was founded on a faith that was not merely summed up after it had exited, but was defined before it existed.

We are all ordinary people. And it's the extraordinary people Who know it.

The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land.