John Lancaster Spalding

"As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape. "

"Do definite good first of all to yourself, then to definite persons. "

"Leave each one his touch of folly it helps to lighten life's burden which, if he could see himself as he is, might be too heavy to carry. "

"The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt may be found indeed more faith than in half the creeds. "

"The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is. "