Rivers are roads which move, and which carry us whither we desire to go.

The more I see of Mankind, the more I prefer my dog.

In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.

Why God has instituted Prayer:— To communicate to his creatures the dignity of causation.

What are our natural principles but principles of custom?

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

If we submit everything to reason our religion will be left with nothing mysterious or supernatural. If we offend the principles of reason our religion will be absurd and ridiculous . . . There are two equally dangerous extremes: to exclude reason, to admit nothing but reason.