John Lancaster Spalding Quotes
The first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria from 1877 to 1908 and a co-founder of The Catholic University of America.
(1840 - 1916)
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As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape.
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If all were gentle and contented as sheep, all would be as feeble and helpless.
[Happiness]
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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.
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The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is.
[Courage]
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We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.
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What we love to do we find time to do.
[One Day]
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Your faith is what you believe, not what you know.
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