Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

The abuse of books kills science. Believing that we know what we have read, we believe that we can dispense with learning it.

Our greatest evil flows from ourselves.

I had been brought up in a church which decides everything and permits no doubts, so that having rejected one article of faith I was forced to reject the rest.

Chemistry... is like the maid occupied with daily civilisation; she is busy with fertilisers, medicines, glass, insecticides ... for she dispenses the recipes.

I only see clearly what I remember.

The majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the gospel has its influence on my heart.