Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

John A. O’Brien

Professor of Theology at University of Notre Dame

"Man is forever climbing up the ladder of secondary causes to the First and Supreme Cause - God Himself."

"Religion floods our darkness with a divine light… Religion brings into the focus of attention the two supreme values - God and the human soul."

"For frail mortals, perfection is achieved not by never falling, but by rising every time we fall."