The diameter of each day is measured by the stretch of thought - not by the rising and setting of the sun.

O never harm the dreaming world, the world of green, the world of leaves, but let its million palms unfold the adoration of the trees Of all man's works of art, a cathedral is greatest. A vast and majestic tree is greater than that.

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

Morality is character and conduct such as is required by the circle or community in which the man's life happens to be placed. It shows how much good men require of us.

Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.

God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses.

Christianity works while infidelity talks. She feeds the hungry, clothes the naked, visits and cheers the sick, and seeks the lost, while infidelity abuses her and babbles nonsense and profanity. 'By their fruits ye shall know them.'