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
John Lancaster Spalding quotes about
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.
soul body noble
Language should be pure, noble and graceful, as the body should be so: for both are vestures of the Soul.
memories useless and-love
To cultivate the memory we should confide to it only what we understand and love: the rest is a useless burden; for simply to know by rote is not to know at all.
break guides ends
Break not the will of the young, but guide it to right ends.
men religion
To learn the worth of a man's religion, do business with him.
men average world
In the world of thought a man's rank is determined, not by his average work, but by his highest achievement.
love-is barbarism altruism
Altruism is a barbarism. Love is the word.
giving imagination long
What is greatly desired, but long deferred, gives little pleasure, when at length it is ours, for we have lived with it in imagination until we have grown weary of it, having ourselves, in the meanwhile, become other.
dwelling-place culture ease
Culture makes the whole world our dwelling place; our palace in which we take our ease and find ourselves at one with all things.
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.
fashion mean men
To think of education as a means of preserving institutions however excellent, is to have a superficial notion of its end and purpose, which is to mould and fashion men who are more than institutions, who create, outgrow, and re-create them.
gentleman doe company
A gentleman does not appear to know more or to be more than those with whom he is thrown into company.