We are too ready to imagine that we are religious, because we know something of religion. We appropriate to ourselves the pious sentiments we read, and we talk as if the thoughts of other men's heads were really the feelings of our own hearts. But piety has not its seat in the memory, but in the affections, for which however the memory is an excellent purveyor, though a bad substitute.
Hannah MoreIf I wanted to punish an enemy, it should be by fastening on him the trouble of constantly hating somebody.
Hannah MoreGenius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it may serve to cast a gleam of light on those that are without, while the inhabitant sits in darkness.
Hannah MoreWhen thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament.
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