Where there is most feeling, there is the greatest martyrdom.

Every action needs to be prompted by a motive. To know and to will are two operations of the human mind. Discerning, judging, deliberating are acts of the human mind.

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

Wood feeds the fire which burns it.

We must doubt the certainty of everything which passes through the senses, but how much more ought we to doubt things contrary to the senses, such as the existence of God and the soul.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

Fire destroys falsehood, that is sophistry, and restores truth, driving out darkness.