The humorous look of children is perhaps the most endearing of all the bonds that hold the Cosmos together.

Theology is simply that part of religion that requires brains.

We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we are not justified in enforcing good manners, for good manners always mean our own manners

Theology is only thought applied to religion.

The right kind of monarchy is one where everybody goes about with the permanent conviction that the king can do no wrong.

A dying monarchy is always one that has too much power, not too little; a dying religion always interferes more than it ought, not less.

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people.

We are Christians and Catholics not because we worship a key, but because we have passed a door and felt the wind that is the trumpet of liberty blow over the land of the living.

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.

Instead of the machine being a giant to which the man is the pygmy, we must at last reverse the proportions until man is a giant to whom the machine is the toy.