Life is a continual alternation of rest and action, of the need of comfort and the need of power.

To discover, or recover, the sense of religious certainty one must worship.

a sick society, unlike a sick individual, fares best under the ministration of many doctors.

the principal sources of human misery may fairly be said to lie in the over-possession, under-possession, and the unwise use of economic goods.

The great danger is that in the confession of any collective sin, one shall confess the sins of others and forget our own.

Eternal life is personal existence in continuity with the present life, but transfigured.

the truth is seldom found in extremes. Central truths can be revolutionary if put to work.