“The Church is a perpetually defeated thing that always outlives her conquerers.”
“To conquer life defeats the purpose of living”
“He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.”
“No mother should outlive her children, and no captain should outlive his ship.”
“... always with that magical child air about her, that delightful sense of perpetually attending a party.”
“To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.”