A Catholic is a person who has plucked up courage to face the incredible and inconceivable idea that something else may be wiser than he is.

Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.

God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.

Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right

The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.

A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.

But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.

We can only recreate ourselves with renewal of our mind.

My very first acting role was Tiny Tim in 'A Christmas Carol.'

In the long-run the workman may be as necessary to his master as his master is to him, but the necessity is not so immediate.

Mathematics is the queen of science, and arithmetic the queen of mathematics.

But never again use another person's body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilling yearnings.

How can I explain purposely setting foot on a path so blatantly treacherous? Was the fun in the fall?

To assert that we desire to bring about revolution in other countries, by interfering with their lives, is to speak of something which does not exist and which we never preach.

The Charkha, which is the embodiment of willing obedience and calm persistence, must therefore succeed before there is civil disobedience.

Never underestimate the power of the mind, the importance of love and faith, and never stop dreaming.

One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.