Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully

The absence of sentimentalism in Christ's relations with men is what makes His tenderness so exquisitely touching.

Life comes before literature, as the material always comes before the work. The hills are full of marble before the world blooms with statues.

O, do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks! Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle. But you shall be a miracle. Every day you shall …

For greatness after all, in spite of its name, appears to be not so much a certain size as a certain quality in human lives. It may be present in lives whose range is very small.

O morning stars, together Proclaim the holy birth! And praises sing to God the King, And peace to men on earth.

Never be afraid to bring the transcendent mysteries of our faith, Christ's life and death and resurrection, to the help of the humblest and commonest of human wants.