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
vanity despair doctrine
The doctrine of the utter vanity of life is a doctrine of despair, and life is hope.
important important-things knows
The important thing is how we know, not what or how much.
beautiful stars flower
The fields and the flowers and the beautiful faces are not ours, as the stars and the hills and the sunlight are not ours, but they give us fresh and happy thoughts.
views sun hobbies
A hobby is the result of a distorted view of things. It is putting a planet in the place of a sun.
mind world problem
It is the expensiveness of our pleasures that makes the world poor and keeps us poor in ourselves. If we could but learn to find enjoyment in the things of the mind, the economic problems would solve themselves.
mind aim-of-education increase
The aim of education is to strengthen and multiply the powers and activities of the mind rather than to increase its possessions.
wise eye exercise
A Wise man knows that much of what he says and does is commonplace and trivial. His thoughts are not all solemn and sacred in his own eyes. He is able to laugh at himself and is not offended when others make him a subject whereon to exercise their wit.
mistake angel devil
There are who mistake the spirit of pugnacity for the spirit of piety, and thus harbor a devil instead of an angel.
disappointment joy soul
We may avoid much disappointment and bitterness of soul by learning to understand how little necessary to our joy and peace are the things the multitude most desire and seek.
strong interesting personality
If thou wouldst be interesting, keep thy personality in the background, and be great and strong in and through thy subject.
wise art thinking
If thy words are wise, they will not seem so to the foolish: if they are deep the shallow will not appreciate them. Think not highly of thyself, then, when thou art praised by many.
errors causes common
It is a common error to imagine that to be stirring and voluble in a worthy cause is to be good and to do good.
remember tire thee
If thy friends tire of thee, remember that it is human to tire of everything.
children trifles
They whom trifles distract and nothing occupies are but children.