Men blaspheme what they do not know.

Do little things as if they were great, because of the majesty of the Lord Jesus Christ who dwells in thee.

That a religion may be true, it must have knowledge of our nature.

The parts of the universe ... all are connected with each other in such a way that I think it to be impossible to understand any one without the whole.

Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him?

Passion cannot be beautiful without excess; one either loves too much or not enough.

Silence is the greatest persecution; never do the saints keep themselves silent.