[The British constitution] presumes more boldly than any other the good sense and the good faith of those who work it.
Did you ever see a giraffe? It is like something from between the regions of truth and fiction.
men change less than is imagined; their after life is only a kaleidescope combination of the elements of their character at the period of adolescence.
Love. . . is a sacred fire that must not be burnt to idols.
I wish there were some photographic process by which one's mind could be struck off and transferred to that of the friend we wish to know it, without the medium of this confounded letter-writing!
society. . . is tolerant of crimes, and long suffering with dullness, but it shows no mercy to those who are different from other people.
But have you never noticed that when one has been trying to do something really good one is much nearer committing some special sin than when one keeps on in the selfish, matter-of-fact prudence of minding one's own business, and that alone?
What is philosophy? It is something that lightens up, that makes bright.
When we go before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament we represent the one in the world who is in most need of God's Mercy. " We "Stand in behalf of the one in the world who does not know Christ and who is farthest away from God and we bring down upon their soul the Precious Blood of The Lamb.
I think it's alright if the government wants to say, in the state of Massachusetts, in the state of New York, in the state of California, that civil ceremonies should be accepted, I think that should be fine. I don't think that even those states that believe in civil marriages between homosexuals or ordained in a church should perform civil ceremonies.
I think when things linger, that's when they become a distraction. I don't want any distractions.