Losses are comparative; imagination only makes them of any moment.

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

Nothing fortifies scepticism more than that there are some who are not sceptics; if all were so, they would be wrong.

I feel engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces whereof I know nothing, and which know nothing of me, I am terrified The eternal silence of these infinite spaces alarms me.

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.

Let each of us examine his thoughts; he will find them wholly concerned with the past or the future. We almost never think of the present, and if we do think of it, it is only to see what light is throws on our plans for the future. The present is never our end. The past and the present are our means, the future alone our end. Thus we never actually live, but hope to live, and since we are always planning how to be happy, it is inevitable that we should never be so.

Justice is as much a matter of fashion as charm is.