The very essence of rationalism is that it assumes that the reason is the highest faculty in man and the lord of all the rest.

I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them.

Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.

We often pray for purity, unselfishness, for the highest qualities of character, and forget that these things cannot be given, but must be earned.

Religion is not a conclusion of the reason.

The very essence of rationalism is that it assumes that the reason is the highest faculty in man and the lord of all the rest.

The highest qualities of character...must be earned.