Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether read more

Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth.

Nothing on earth is so well-suited to make the sad merry, the merry sad, to give courage to the despairing, read more

Nothing on earth is so well-suited to make the sad merry, the merry sad, to give courage to the despairing, to make the proud humble, to lessen envy and hate, as music

We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent read more

We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, unable to take in the idea of dying, unable to sit still.

Clearly the person who accepts the Church as an infallible guide will believe whatever the Church teaches

Clearly the person who accepts the Church as an infallible guide will believe whatever the Church teaches

I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth read more

I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth as their lunatic asylum.

People don't come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God.

People don't come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God.

Heaven lent you a soul Earth will lend a grave.

Heaven lent you a soul Earth will lend a grave.

A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures read more

A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.

The aeroplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth.

The aeroplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth.