I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.

You must be patient, you must wait for the eye of the soul to be formed in you. Religious truth is reached, not by reasoning, but by an inward perception. Anyone can reason; only disciplined, educated, formed minds can perceive.

Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on.

Literature stands related to Man as Science stands to Nature; it is his history.

Why should we be willing to go by faith? We do all things in this world by faith in the word of others. By faith only we know our position in the world, our circumstances, our rights and privileges, our fortunes, our parents, our brothers and sisters, our age, our mortality. Why should Religion be an exception?

Egotism is true modesty. In religious enquiry each of us can speak only for himself.

To discover and to teach are distinct functions; they are also distinct gifts, and are not commonly found united in the same person.