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
blessed world source
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 guides ends
Break not the will of the young, but guide it to right ends.
teaching mean simple
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.
soul body noble
Language should be pure, noble and graceful, as the body should be so: for both are vestures of the Soul.
brave soul gentleman
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.
heart winning faults
There are faults which show heart and win hearts, while the virtue in which there is no love, repels.
thoughtful mind doubt
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 world thyself
Reform the world within thyself, which is thy proper world.
interesting accomplish subjects
The writers who accomplish most are those who compel thought on the highest and most profoundly interesting subjects.
book writing needs
If thou need money, get it in an honest way by keeping books, if thou wilt, but not by writing books.
increase servant power-over-others
As our power over others increases, we become less free; for to retain it, we must make ourselves its servants.
ifs thyself
If thou wouldst be implacable, be so with thyself.
perfect thyself
Make thyself perfect; others, happy.
lost unlearn
They who can no longer unlearn have lost the power to learn.