The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.
We are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone
If you don't believe it you won't understand it.
I acknowledge Thee, Lord of heaven and earth, and praise Thee for my first rudiments of being, and my infancy, whereof I remember nothing; for Thou hast appointed that man should from others guess much as to himself; and believe much on the strength of weak females.
The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.
Nothing, therefore, happens unless the Omnipotent wills it to happen. He either permits it to happen, or He brings it about Himself.