Man is emphatically self-made.

Faith is the result of the act of the will, following upon a conviction that to believe is a duty.

Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.

An academical system without the personal influence of teachers on pupils, is an arctic winter; it will create an icebound, petrified, cast-iron University, and nothing else.

In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing.

Religion indeed enlightens, terrifies, subdues; it gives faith, it inflicts remorse, it inspires resolutions, it draws tears, it inflames devotion, but only for the occasion.

Somehow I am necessary for His purposes, as necessary in my place as an Archangel in his.