That which makes us go so far for love is that we never think that we might have need of anything besides that which we love.

It is the conduct of God, who disposes all things kindly, to put religion into the mind by reason, and into the heart by grace.

Our nature lies in movement; complete calm is death.

If you believe in God you are at no disadvantage in this life, and at considerable advantage in the next. If you do not believe, but find in the next that there was a next, you are most unfortunate!

The property of power is to protect.

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

It is natural for the mind to believe and for the will to love; so that, for want of true objects, they must attach themselves to false.