Action is the normal completion of the act of will which begins as prayer. That action is not always external, but it is always some kind of effective energy.

The church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted.

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

Experience proves that none is so cruel as the disillusioned sentimentalist.

The great discovery of the nineteenth century, that we are of one blood with the lower animals, has created new ethical obligations which have not yet penetrated the public conscience. The clerical profession has been lamentably remiss in preaching this obvious duty.

I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that he has a sense of humour.

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