The sovereignty of one's self over one's self is called Liberty.

If the effort also is predestined, it is not the less our effort, made of our free will.

The doctrines of the Bible are often not clothed in the language of strict truth, but in that which was fittest to convey to a rude and ignorant people the practical essentials of the doctrine.

Nothing excites men's curiosity so much as Mystery, concealing things which they desire to know; and nothing so much increases curiosity as obstacles that interpose to prevent them from indulging in the gratification of their desires. Of this the Legislators and Hierophants took advantage, to attract the people to their sanctuaries, and to induce them to seek to obtain lessons from which they would perhaps have turned away with indifference if they had been pressed upon them.

There are greater and better things in us all, than the world takes account of, or than we take note of; if we would but find them out.

Pride is not the heritage of man; humility should dwell with frailty, and atone for ignorance, error, and imperfection.

The universal medicine for the Soul is the Supreme Reason and Absolute Justice; for the mind, mathematical and practical Truth; for the body, the Quintessence, a combination of light and gold.