The 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 SpaldingAs memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape.
John Lancaster SpaldingWe are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.
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 Spalding