People must believe what they can, and those who believe more must not be hard upon those who believe less. I doubt if you would have believed it all yourself if you hadn't seen some of it.

I watched her departure, as one watches a sunset. She went like a radiance through the dark wood, which was henceforth bright to me, from simply knowing that such a creature was in it.

To judge religion we must have it--not stare at it from the bottom of a seemingly interminable ladder.

Moderation is the basis of justice.

To try too hard to make people good is one way to make them worse. The only way to make them good is to be good, remembering well the beam and the mote.

I believe that no hell will be lacking which would help the just mercy of God to redeem his children.

Ambition is but the evil shadow of aspiration.