We view things not only from different sides, but with different eyes; we have no wish to find them alike.

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 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.

Fear not, provided you fear; but if you fear not, then fear.

Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.

Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. Love still stands when all else has fallen.

Justice and truth are two such subtle points, that our tools are too blunt to touch them accurately.