Quotes by John Lancaster Spalding

"As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape."
— John Lancaster Spalding
"The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is"
— John Lancaster Spalding
"Each forward step we take we leave some phantom of ourselves behind."
— John Lancaster Spalding
John Lancaster Spalding

John Lancaster Spalding (June 2, 1840 – August 25, 1916) was an American Catholic author, poet, advocate for higher education, the first Bishop of Peoria from 1877 to 1908. He was also a co-founder of...