Men may keep a sort of level of good, but no man has ever been able to keep on one level of evil.

I have little doubt that when St. George had killed the dragon he was heartily afraid of the princess.

The Christian is quite free to believe that there is a considerable amount of settled order and inevitable development in the universe. But the materialist is not allowed to admit into his spotless machine the slightest speck of spiritualism or miracle.

The pure modernist is merely a snob; he cannot bear to be a month behind the fashion.

Atheism is indeed the most daring of all dogmas . . . for it is the assertion of a universal negative.

Forms of expression always appear turgid to those who do not share the emotions they represent.

We are Christians and Catholics not because we worship a key, but because we have passed a door; and felt the wind that is the trumpet of liberty blow over the land of the living.