Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.

Selfishness at the expense of others happiness is demonism.

Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." I found the following quote by Goethe that can serve as a commentary on these words. "We are shaped and fashioned by what we love." "The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

Faith is a recognition of those things which are above the senses.

No one thing does human life more need than a kind consideration of the faults of others. Every one sins; everyone needs forbearance. Our own imperfections should teach us to be merciful.

What a pity flowers can utter no sound!-A singing rose, a whispering violet, a murmuring honeysuckle ... oh, what a rare and exquisite miracle would these be!