I have always believed that the Good Samaritan went across the road to the wounded man just because he wanted to.

It is courage the world needs, not infallibility...courage is always the surest wisdom.

No one can write their real religious life with pen or pencil. It is written only in actions, and its seal is our character, not our orthodoxy. Whether we, our neighbor, or God is the judge, absolutely the only value of our religious life to ourselves or to anyone is what it fits us for and enables us to do.

I have found more inspiration in the cottages of fishermen than in the palaces of the rich.

Beware as you get the octopus on board. Suddenly he relaxes his grasp, and shhots out a jet of ink, which smarts considerably.

Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men but from doing something worthwhile.

The knowledge of this marvelous period has made faith far easier from an intellectual standpoint, and has enabled us to be more patient in waiting to see the truth, not as now