Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true. The cure for this is first to show that religion is not contrary to reason, but worthy of reverence and respect. Next make it attractive, make good men wish it were true and then show that it is.

The statements of atheists ought to be perfectly clear of doubt. Now it is not perfectly clear that the soul is material.

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

Force rules the world-not opinion; but it is opinion that makes use of force.

The Fall is an offense to human reason, but once accepted, it makes perfect sense of the human condition.

Man is clearly made to think. It is his whole dignity and his whole merit; and his whole duty is to think as he ought. And the order of thought is to begin with ourselves, and with our Author and our end.

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