Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.
Yes, I am a Jew, and when the ancestors of the right honourable gentlemen were brutal savages in an unknown land, mine were priests in the Temple of Solomon.
I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.
The Catholic ideal is to order the whole of life towards unity, not by the denial and destruction of the natural human values, but by bringing them into living relation with spiritual truth and spiritual reality.
Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain.
Do not let Sunday be taken from you If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.
Let one who has become wealthy reign, and let one who has power renounce
I defy anyone to imagine an environment more exquisitely designed to provide us with opportunities for spiritual growth than this life of ours.
In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.
We can only know God well when we know our own sin. And those who have known God without knowing their wretchedness have not glorified Him but have glorified themselves.
It is always more difficult to fight against faith than against knowledge.
Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'
Man will only become better when you make him see what he is like.
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be the sons of God.
Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them.
Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valour of the brave.
Moral indignation - jealousy with a halo.
The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.