To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.

I have long been convinced that the Christian Eucharist is but a continuation of the Eleusinian mysteries. St Paul, in using the word teleiois, almost confirms this.

Where nature is sovereign, there is no need of austerity and self-denial.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

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

We must have the real thing before we can have a science of a thing.

Those who seek for something more than happiness in this world must not complain if happiness is not their portion.