I react with skepticism and reservations. This is a violation of the church's status quo, because each church has its territory and other churches cannot interfere.

It's an ecclesiastical attitude. The church cannot have two patriarchs.

One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.

In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and we shall want to live more musically

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it ca

I wouldn't say I'm happy now. My skepticism is warranted, given what I've seen over the decades.