It is in the nature of foolish reasonings to seem good to the foolish reasoner.

Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning; but give me the man who has the pluck to fight when he's sure of losing.

No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.

I care only to know, if possible, the lasting meaning that lies in all religious doctrine from the beginning till now.

A picture of human life such as a great artist can give, surprises even the trivial and the selfish into that attention to what is apart from themselves, which may be called the raw material of moral sentiment.

The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities.

...Though there's reasons in things as nobody knows on---- that's pretty much what I've made out; yet some folks are so wise they'll find you fifty reasons straight off, and all the while the real reason's winking at 'em in the corner, and they niver see't.