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

All faith consists essentially in the recognition of a world of spiritual values behind, yet not apart from, the world of natural phenomena.

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

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

The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to discover something that is true.