The ears of the common people are holier than the hearts of the priests.

Most people go not by argument, but by sympathies.

It's really not a difficult decision when you reflect on it, ... The situation is just so tenuous with where it's going to hit. You don't want to take any chances.

Regarding Christianity: Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.

To the irreligious person heaven would be hell.

Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but if we cultivate it only for pleasure's sake, we are selfish, not religious, and will never gain the pleasure, because we can never have the virtue.

Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.