The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born.

A monarch frequently represents his subjects better that an elected assembly; and if he is a good judge of character he is likely to have more capable and loyal advisers.

My dear, we live in an age of transition.

Faith is an act of rational choice, which determines us to act as if certain things were true, and in the confident expectation that they will prove to be true.

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

Joy is the triumph of life; it is the sign that we are living our true life as spiritual beings.

Don't get up from the feast of life without paying for your share of it.