Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.

If you do not take the distinction between good and bad very seriously, then it is easy to say that anything you find in this world is a part of God. But, of course, if you think some things really bad, and God really good, then you cannot talk like that. You must believe that God is separate from the world and that some of the things we see in it are contrary to His will.

The more pride we have, the more other people’s pride irritates us

Mercy detached from justice grows unmerciful.

When we force a boy to be a mediocrity in a dozen subjects we destroy his standards, perhaps for life.

Imagine yourself as a living house.

Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.