I always like a dog so long as he isn’t spelled backward.
We should always endeavor to wonder at the permanent thing, not at the mere exception. We should be startled by the sun, and not by the eclipse. We should wonder less at the earthquake, and wonder more at the earth.
We are passing into a social phase in which unless a heroic effort is made for human dignity and freedom, gold will be the sole method of government and therefore the sole standard of manners.
The men of the East may spell the stars, And times and triumphs mark, But the men signed of the cross of Christ Go gaily in the dark.
That is the one eternal education: to be sure enough that something is true that you dare to tell it to a child.
We fear men so much, because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man’s terror scares you, turn your thoughts to the wrath of God.
The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world.
The Catholic Church is like a thick steak, a glass of red wine, and a good cigar.
It is not bigotry to be certain we are right; but it is bigotry to be unable to imagine how we might possibly have gone wrong.
The more truly we can see life as a fairytale, the more clearly the tale resolves itself into war with the dragon who is wasting fairyland.
A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.
The things we see every day are the things we never see at all.
Here ends another day, during which I have had eyes, ears, hands and the great world around me. Tomorrow begins another day. Why am I allowed two?
If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments.
It was not the house that grew dull, but I that grew dull in it. My wife was better than all women, and yet I could not feel it.
It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.
The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad.
Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all.
It is easy to be heavy: hard to be light.
The man who kills a man kills a man. The man who kills himself kills all men. As far as he is concerned, he wipes out the world.