Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man.

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.

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

Faith always contains an element of risk, of venture; and we are impelled to make the venture by the affinity and attraction which we feel in ourselves.

The game of life is worth playing, but the struggle is the prize.

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

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