The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.

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

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

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 world belongs to those who think and act with it, who keep a finger on its pulse.

There is no limit to the noble aspirations which the words "my country" may evoke.

No healthy civilization can ever be reared on a foundation of devitalized work.