We should think of the church as an orchestra in which the different churches play on different instruments while a Divine Conductor calls the tune.

My dear, we live in an age of transition.

Our test is infallible. Whatever view of reality deepens our sense of the tremendous issues of life in the world wherein we move, is for us nearer the truth than any view which diminishes that sense.

Let us remember, when we are inclined to be disheartened, that the private soldier is a poor judge of the fortunes of a great battle.

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

Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to the average person.

Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them.