A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect.

Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

The art of cookery is the art of poisoning mankind, by rendering the appetite still importunate, when the wants of nature are supplied.

A general rule for the good use of time is to accustom oneself to live in a continual dependence on the Spirit of God.

All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.

The more you say, the less people remember.

The greatest of all crosses is self. If we die in part every day, we shall have but little to do on the last. These little daily deaths will destroy the power of the final dying.

Of all the duties enjoined by Christianity none is more essential and yet more neglected than prayer.

Let gratitude for the past inspire us with trust for the future.

How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak.

Can I tell from the twilight from which the world is built that I am a sunrise in this life?

And where there is no Echo there is no description of space or love. There is only silence.

First, I have not minded so much leaving the Garden because God, blessed be his holy name, has never abandoned us.

Problems don’t actually exist. They’re just the hallucinogenic effects of people being weirded out on what they think life is supposed to be.

Seeking rest is like seeking the gift rather than the Giver

To this day, the United States is profoundly grateful for our friendship and alliance with Greece.

Launch out into the deep. One discovers by living in scorn of consequence.

To be honest, one must be inconsistent.

Christ is the only way to God, but there are as many ways to Christ as there are people who come to Him.

I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors'defects--not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.