It is an awful, an appalling thought, that we may be, this moment and every moment, in the presence of malignant spirits.
Richard WhatelyChristianity, contrasted with the Jewish system of emblems, is truth in the sense of reality, as substance is opposed to shadows, and, contrasted with heathen mythology, is truth as opposed to falsehood.
Richard WhatelyAnger requires that the offender should not only be made to grieve in his turn, but to grieve for that particular wrong which has been done by him.
Richard Whately