The nuclear age has refuted the idea of progress and Marxism has been refuted by Stalinism. Therefore people have returned to the historic religion.

Ultimately evil is done not so much by evil people, but by good people who do not know themselves and who do not probe deeply.

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Every experience proves that the real problem of our existence lies in the fact that we ought to love one another, but do not.

There was a time when I had all the answers. My real growth began when I discovered that the questions to which I had the answers were not the important questions.

It's always wise to seek the truth in our opponents' error, and the error in our own truth.

Nationalism: One of the effective ways in which the modern man escapes life's ethical problems.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes into the realm of relative values.

Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer.

Life gives you what you expect, what you are prepared to put up with or can change.

One of the differences between some successful and unsuccessful people is that one group is full of doers, while the other is full of wishers.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.

From a distance it is something and nearby it is nothing.

Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out.

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.

Winner knows nothing about food.

Languages differ essentially in what they must convey and not in what they may convey.

Three can do more than ten when Our Lord puts His hand to things, and He always does so when He takes away the means of doing otherwise.

Go to the desk. Stay at the desk. Thrive at the desk.