We do not want, as the newspapers say, a church that will move with the world. We want a church that will move the world.

(Tradition) is the democracy of the dead.

There are no boring subjects, only disinterested minds.

Because our expression is imperfect we need friendship to fill up the imperfections.

For religion all men are equal, as all pennies are equal, because the only value of any of them is that they bear the image of the king.

Man is more himself, man is more manlike, when joy is the fundamental thing in him, and grief the superficial. Melancholy should be an innocent interlude, a tender and fugitive frame of mind; praise should be the permanent pulsation of the soul.

I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice