John Lancaster Spalding
John Lancaster Spalding
John Lancaster Spaldingwas an American author, poet, advocate for higher education, the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria from 1877 to 1908 and a co-founder of The Catholic University of America...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth2 June 1840
CountryUnited States of America
angel maids might
No sooner does a divine gift reveal itself in youth or maid than its market value becomes the decisive consideration, and the poor young creatures are offered for sale, as we might sell angels who had strayed among us.
eye heart men
We have lost the old love of work, of work which kept itself company, which was fair weather and music in the heart, which found its reward in the doing, craving neither the flattery of vulgar eyes nor the gold of vulgar men.
men average world
In the world of thought a man's rank is determined, not by his average work, but by his highest achievement.
men religion
To learn the worth of a man's religion, do business with him.
prejudice infirmity
Our prejudices are like physical infirmities — we cannot do what they prevent us from doing.
philosophical thinking wish
If I am not pleased with myself, but should wish to be other than I am, why should I think highly of the influences which have made me what I am?
gratitude envy trying
Whoever has freed himself from envy and bitterness may begin to try to see things as they are.
memories paradise may
As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape.
beautiful brave made
As the visit of one we love makes the whole day pleasant, so is it illumined and made fair by a brave and beautiful thought.
ease our-love stealing
Friends humor and flatter us, they steal our time, they encourage our love of ease, they make us content with ourselves, they are the foes of our virtue and our glory.
teacher doe pupils
The teacher does best, not when he explains, but when he impels his pupils to seek themselves the explanation.
firsts lovers labor
The lover of education labors first of all to educate himself.
love-is barbarism altruism
Altruism is a barbarism. Love is the word.
mind opinion turns
If we learn from those only, of whose lives and opinions we altogether approve, we shall have to turn from many of the highest and profoundest minds.