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.

In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only, that the logical solution will not be adopted.

When our first parents were driven out of Paradise, Adam is believed to have remarked to Eve, "My dear, we live in an age of transition."

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.

The happy people are those who are producing something.

The jealous man is so preoccupied with what he hasn't got that he fails to appreciate the value of what he has got. He loses the ability to feel glad because the sun is shining. He doesn't see the wonder and the newness of the beginning of spring.

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