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.

Don't get up from the feast of life without paying for your share of it.

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.

Deliberate cruelty to our defenceless and beautiful little cousins is surely one of the meanest and most detestable vices of which a human being can be guilty.

The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot.

Bereavement is the deepest initiation into the mysteries of human life, an initiation more searching and profound than even happy love.