The Catholic Church is the only thing that saves man from the degrading slavery of being a child of his age.

The average woman is at the head of something with which she can do as she likes; the average man has to obey orders and do nothing else.

The simple sense of wonder at the shapes of things, and at their exuberant independence of our intellectual standards and our trivial definitions, is the basis of spirituality.

Do not look at the faces in the illustrated papers. Look at the faces in the street.

The supreme adventure is being BORN

It is unpardonable conceit not to laugh at your own jokes. Joking is undignified; that is why it is so good for one's soul. Do not fancy you can be a detached wit and avoid being a buffoon; you cannot. If you are the Court Jester you must be the Court Fool.

Every work of art has one indispensable mark ... the center of it is simple, however much the fulfillment may be complicated.