When we would think of God, how many things we find which turn us away from Him, and tempt us to think otherwise. All this is evil, yet it is innate.

All err the more dangerously because each follows a truth. Their mistake lies not in following a falsehood but in not following another truth.

It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in his own cause.

Human beings do not know their place and purpose. They have fallen from their true place, and lost their true purpose. They search everywhere for their place and purpose, with great anxiety. But they cannot find them because they are surrounded by darkness.

To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity.

Don't try to add more years to your life. Better add more life to your years.

When a man who accepts the Christian doctrine lives unworthily of it, it is much clearer to say he is a bad Christian than to say he is not a Christian.