Truth only smells sweet forever, and illusions, however innocent, are deadly as the canker worm.

Truth only smells sweet forever, and illusions, however innocent, are deadly as the canker worm.

We live merely on the crust or rind of things.

The secret of a person's nature lies in their religion and what they really believes about the world and their place in it.

The first duty of an historian is to be on his guard against his own sympathies...

A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.

Sacrifice is the first element of religion, and resolves itself in theological language into the love of God.