Civilization is being poisoned by its own waste products.

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.

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

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.

Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.

Boredom is a certain sign that we are allowing our faculties to rust in idleness.

Patriotism varies, from a noble devotion to a moral lunacy.