“I believed in the Catholic position, the Catholic view of ethics and aesthetics, for a long time... I wanted something not intellectual, some conviction not mental – in fact I wanted Faith.” Describing the turn from intellect toward lived conviction · Letter to Father James J. Daly, around his conversion Belief Conversion Faith
“At present, I am a poet trying to be a soldier. To tell the truth, I am not interested in writing nowadays, except in so far as writing is the expression of something beautiful.” Prioritising authentic beauty over wartime reportage · Letter home, included in Poems, Essays and Letters, 1918 Beauty Poetry War
“The Catholic Church is the only thing that makes life worth living.” Expressing his conviction that faith gives life its deepest meaning · Letter Faith Hope
