Man, as we know him, is a poor creature; he is halfway between an ape and a god and he is travelling in the right direction.

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.

The church that is married to the spirit of this age, becomes a widow in the next.

No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.

We must cut our coat according to our cloth, and adapt ourselves to changing circumstances.

The modern world belongs to the half-educated, a rather difficult class, because they do not realize how little they know.