You can only expand your capacities by working to the very limit

And the issue is never the merits of the evidence but always the jealous rivalry of the contestants to see which would be the official light unto the world. Right down to the present day we have been the spectators of a foolish contest between equally vain and bigoted rivals.

All scholarship, like all science, is an ongoing, open-ended discussion in which all conclusions are tentative forever, the principal value and charm of the game being the discovery of the totally unexpected.

The unique value of Christianity lies in those things which would never in a million years occur to men if left to themselves.

No matter where we begin, if we pursue knowledge diligently and honestly, our quest will inevitably lead us from the things of the earth to the things of heaven.

Well, I have a testimony, I may be ignorant, but I am not lost.

Being self-taught is no disgrace; but being self-certified is another matter.