I am a Catholic. As far as possible, I go to Mass every day. This is a rosary. As far as possible, I kneel down and tell these beads every day. If you reject me on account of my religion, I shall thank God that He has spared me the indignity of being your representative.

Just as there is nothing between the admirable omelet and the intolerable, so with autobiography.

For one thing, I was no longer alone; a man is never alone with the wind-and the boat made three.

Child! do not throw this book about Refrain from the unholy pleasure Of cutting all the pictures out! Preserve it as your chiefest treasure.

Protest against Industrial Capitalism from one aspect or another is universal: so was the protest against the condition of European religion at the beginning of the sixteenth century.

When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.

I always like to associate with a lot of priests because it makes me understand anti-clerical things so well.