But of course these conjectures as to why God does what He does are probably of no more value than my dog's ideas of what I am up to when I sit and read.

For the entrance is low: we must stoop till we are no taller than children to get in.

The Order of the Divine mind, embodied in the Divine Law, is beautiful. What should a man do but try to reproduce it, so far as possible, in his daily life?

Take from a man his freedom or his goods and you may have taken his innocence, almost his humanity, as well.

. . . the humblest, and at the same time most balanced and capacious, praised most, while the crank, misfits and malcontents praised least.

When we carry out our "religious duties" we are like people digging channels in a waterless land, in order that when at last water comes, it may find them ready.

Nostalgia... the blessing of a merciful memory.

We thought all this teaching was to make us smart. What it did was make us stupid. With all the little facts we learned, we never had the time to think.

Reach out to help others when they need it

Sometimes you're only human and you learn.

Almost everyone takes pleasure in repaying trifling obligations, very many feel gratitude for those that are moderate; but there is scarcely anyone who is not ungrateful for those that are weighty.

If you can somehow think and dream of success in small steps, every time you make a step, every time you accomplish a small goal, it gives you confidence to go on from there.

What is troubling us is the tendency to believe that the mind is like a little man within.

The only way to survive is to intently focus on how the art world operates. Once you understand how things work, you can find a solution to the problems you are facing.

A man who does not ask to much become the promise of his land. His marriage married to his place, he waits and does not stray.

The superiority of the American system is eloquently proved by the pressure of people who want to crash our borders.