150 Quotes by John Lancaster Spalding

The noblest are they who turning from the things the vulgar crave, seek the source of a blessed life in worlds to which the senses do not lead.

Break not the will of the young, but guide it to right ends.

If science were nothing more than the best means of teaching the love of the simple fact, the indispensable need of verification, of careful and accurate observation and statement, its value would be of the highest order.

Language should be pure, noble and graceful, as the body should be so: for both are vestures of the Soul.

The first requisite of a gentleman is to be true, brave and noble, and to be therefore a rebuke and scandal to venal and vulgar souls.

There are faults which show heart and win hearts, while the virtue in which there is no love, repels.

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.

Reform the world within thyself, which is thy proper world.

The writers who accomplish most are those who compel thought on the highest and most profoundly interesting subjects.