The law required what it could not give. Grace gives that which it requires.

Generally we are occupied either with the miseries which now we feel, or with those which threaten; and even when we see ourselves sufficiently secure from the approach of either, still fretfulness, though unwarranted by either present or expected affliction, fails not to spring up from the deep recesses of the heart, where its roots naturally grow, and to fill the soul with its poison.

The serene, silent beauty of a holy life is the most powerful influence in the world, next to the night of God.

However vast a man's spiritual resources, he is capable of but one great passion.

You're basically killing each other to see who's got the better imaginary friend.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there are an infinity of things which surpass it.

If god does not exist, one loses nothing by believing in him anyway, while if he does exist, one stands to lose everything by not believing.