Any unity which doesn't have its origin in the multitudes is tyranny.

All man's troubles come from not knowing how to sit still in one room.

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

The Christian religion teaches me two points-that there is a God whom men can know, and that their nature is so corrupt that they are unworthy of Him.

It is dangerous to explain too clearly to man how like he is to the animals without pointing out his greatness. It is also dangerous to make too much of his greatness without his vileness. It is still more dangerous to leave him in ignorance of both, but it is most valuable to represent both to him. Man must not be allowed to believe that he is equal either to animals or to angels, nor to be unaware of either, but he must know both.

The mind has its arrangement; it proceeds from principles to demonstrations. The heart has a different mode of proceeding.

Must we kill to prevent there being any wicked? This is to make both parties wicked instead of one.