Clergyman Quotes

Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
The purpose of population is not ultimately peopling earth. It is to fill heaven.
Even among the married, sexual satisfaction must not be sought in a way which disregards man's character as a person and degrades him to the animal level.
Religion is one dimension of culture, a transcendent element of it.
Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions and persuasions. The development has not been without problems, since some people have resisted it and others have pushed openness beyond the desirable point.
The Catholic faith never changes. But the language and mode of manifesting this one faith can change according to peoples, times and places.
There is a tendency around the world today to copy TV culture. And that is not always a virtue.
There is no dogma that the organ or harmonium can be used in church, but not the drum.
Vatican II declares the Church... as necessary for salvation.
With reference to other religions, the Church sees a great difference between them and herself. The other religions are expressions of the human soul seeking God, with some beautiful spiritual insights, but also not without errors. Christianity is rather God seeking humanity.
My soul is more at rest from the tempter when I am busily employed.
We should so work as if we were to be saved by our works; and so rely on Jesus Christ, as if we did no works.
When you do say Yes, say it quickly. But always take a half hour to say No, so you can understand the other fellow's side.
A pretty good test of a man's religion is how it affects his pocketbook.
It is only what is written upon the soul of man that will survive the wreck of time.
Race prejudice can't be talked down, it must be lived down.
Give me the children until they are seven and anyone may have them afterwards.
A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect.
All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.
All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.
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