Birth: July 23, 1834 Death: March 24, 1921
There are no office hours for leaders..
Every man has a mission from God to help his fellow beings..
Berlioz says nothing in his music, but he says it magnificently..
I am no longer a curmudgeon. I am a curmudgeon emeritus..
A critic is a man who expects miracles..
Reform must come from within, not from without. You cannot legislate for virtue..
To-day the whole Christian world prostrates itself in adoration around the crib of Bethlehem and rehearses in accents of love a history which precedeā¦.
A civil ruler dabbling in religion is as reprehensible as a clergyman dabbling in politics. Both render themselves odious as well as ridiculous..
No great thing comes to any person unless that person has courage..
We do not attach any intrinsic value to the Cross; this would be sinful and idolatrous. Our veneration is referred to Him who died upon it..
Like all valuable commodities, truth is often counterfeited..
For to keep at the top is harder almost than to get there.
There are no working hours for leaders..