The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing. We feel it in a thousand things. I say that the heart naturally loves the Universal Being, and naturally loves itself; and it gives itself to one or the other, and hardens itself against one or the other, as it chooses...it is the heart that feels God, not the reason; this is faith.

We never live, but we hope to live; and as we are always arranging to be happy, it must be that we never are so.

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.

Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience.

There are two equally dangerous extremes-to shut reason out, and to let nothing else in.

To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity. The greatness of the human soul is shown by knowing how to keep within proper bounds. There are two equally dangerous extremes- to shut reason out, and not to let nothing in.

At the centre of every human being is a God-shaped vacuum which can only be filled by Jesus Christ.