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

I say that a man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it.

Architecture is the alphabet of giants; it is the largest set of symbols ever made to meet the eyes of men. A tower stands up like a sort of simplified stature, of much more than heroic size.

We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed

For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.

The fact is that purification and austerity are even more necessary for the appreciation of life and laughter than for anything else. To let no bird fly past unnoticed, to spell the stones and weeds, to have the mind a storehouse of sunset, requires a discipline in pleasure and an education in gratitude.

Just the other day in the Underground I enjoyed the pleasure of offering my seat to three ladies.