50 quotes
One function of the angels is illumination, and the other function is that of being a guardian.
Life Is Worth Living (1951)
The very good never believe themselves very good, because they are judging themselves by the Ideal.
Peace of Soul (1949)
Anxiety increases in direct ratio and proportion as man departs from God.
Peace of Soul (1949)
Economic disorder is a symptom of spiritual disorder.
Peace of Soul (1949)
No man has need of religion who is self-righteous, who is all he wants to be and all he ought to be.
The Armor of God (1943)
The principle of democracy is a recognition of the sovereign, inalienable rights of man as a gift from God, the Source of law.
Whence Come Wars (1940)
By denying any ultimate standard outside of self, one can escape all self-blame and go through life on a perpetual mission of face saving.
Peace of Soul (1949)
The danger today is in believing there are no sick people, there is only a sick society.
Life Is Worth Living (1951)
Each day he has a new idol, each week a new mood. His authority is public opinion: when that shifts, his frustrated soul shifts with it.
Peace of Soul (1949)
Communism is the final logic of the dehumanization of man.
Life Is Worth Living (1951)
Atheism is not a doctrine; it is a cry of wrath.
The Armor of God (1943)
If there is continuity in the universe, it is fitting that there should be intelligent beings without bodies which are called angels.
God and Intelligence in Modern Philosophy (1925)
Some will not look on suffering because it creates responsibility.
Those Mysterious Priests (1974)
There are angels near you to guide you and protect you, if you would but invoke them. It is not later than we think, it is a bigger world than we think.
Life Is Worth Living (1951)
All intense interest in luxury is a mark of inner poverty. The less grace there is in the soul, the more ornament must be on the body.
Peace of Soul (1949)
The man who has never made a mistake has no need of an eraser; just so the man who has never done anything wrong has no need of a Redeemer.
The Armor of God (1943)
There is not a single striving or pursuit or yearning of the human heart, even in the midst of the most sensual pleasures, that is not a dim grasping after the Infinite.
Peace of Soul (1949)
Right is right if nobody is right, and wrong is wrong if everybody is wrong.
Life Is Worth Living (1951)
Hitler had no need of God: in his own conceit, he was a god.
The Armor of God (1943)
Unless there is a Good Friday in our lives, there will never be an Easter Sunday; unless there is a cross, there will never be an empty tomb; unless there is the torn flesh, there will never be the glorified body.