A man is never so truly and intensely himself as when he is most possessed by God. It is impossible to say where, in the spiritual life, the human will leaves off and divine grace begins.

A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings.

"This is old, therefore it is good"; the other says, "This is new, therefore it is better."

Deliberate cruelty to our defenceless and beautiful little cousins is surely one of the meanest and most detestable vices of which a human being can be guilty.

No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.

We must cut our coat according to our cloth, and adapt ourselves to changing circumstances.

The modern world belongs to the half-educated, a rather difficult class, because they do not realize how little they know.