As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape.
John Lancaster SpaldingOur prejudices are like physical infirmities — we cannot do what they prevent us from doing.
John Lancaster SpaldingThe doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt may be found indeed more faith than in half the creeds.
John Lancaster SpaldingIf I am not pleased with myself, but should wish to be other than I am, why should I think highly of the influences which have made me what I am?
John Lancaster SpaldingWe are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.
John Lancaster SpaldingIf all were gentle and contented as sheep, all would be as feeble and helpless.
John Lancaster SpaldingWhoever has freed himself from envy and bitterness may begin to try to see things as they are.
John Lancaster SpaldingLeave each one his touch of folly; it helps to lighten life's burden which, if he could see himself as he is, might be too heavy to carry.
John Lancaster SpaldingThose who believe in our ability do more than stimulate us. They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier to succeed.
John Lancaster SpaldingWomen are aristocrats, and it is always the mother who makes us feel that we belong to the better sort.
John Lancaster SpaldingA liberal education is that which aims to develop faculty without ulterior views of profession or other means of gaining a livelihood. It considers man an end in himself and not an instrument whereby something is to be wrought. Its ideal is human perfection.
John Lancaster SpaldingBe suspicious of your sincerity when you are the advocate of that upon which your livelihood depends.
John Lancaster Spalding