There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.

Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed.

Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love.

Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope.

If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.

Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it.

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith.