There is a knowledge which is desirable, though nothing come of it, as being of itself a treasure, and a sufficient remuneration of years of labor.

Faith ... acts promptly and boldly on the occasion, on slender evidence.

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.

Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not... We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.

The world is content with setting right the surface of things.

The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.

Why should we be willing to go by faith? We do all things in this world by faith in the word of others. By faith only we know our position in the world, our circumstances, our rights and privileges, our fortunes, our parents, our brothers and sisters, our age, our mortality. Why should Religion be an exception?