A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.

A science is not mere knowledge, it is knowledge which has undergone a process of intellectual digestion. It is the grasp of many things brought together in one, and hence is its power; for, properly speaking, it is Science that is power, not Knowledge.

God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission.

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar.

The reason why Christ is unknown today is because His Mother is unknown.

Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not... We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.

When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.