The Moral Law tells us the tune we have to play: our instincts are merely the keys.
Every joy is beyond all others.
Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.
But probably every age gets, within certain limits, the science it deserves.
In the midst of a world of light and love, of song and feast and dance, [Lucifer] could find nothing to think of more interesting than his own prestige.
I could well believe that it is God's intention, since we have refused milder remedies, to compel [Christians] into unity, by persecution even. Satan is without doubt nothing else than a hammer in the hand of a benevolent and severe God.