To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.

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

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.

A man cannot be wise enough to be a great artist without being wise enough to wish to be a philosopher.

In truth the Church is too unique to prove herself unique. For most popular and easy proof is by parallel; and here there is no parallel.

I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right

And it is always the humble man who talks too much; the proud man watches himself too closely.