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.

Flagrant evils cure themselves by being flagrant.

I toast the Pope, but I toast conscience first.

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

To the irreligious person heaven would be hell.

Faith ventures and hazards . . . counting the costs and delighting in the sacrifice.

Courage does not consist in calculation, but in fighting against chances.