The ministry is a weight from which even an angel might shrink

Conscience and reputation are two things. Conscience is due to yourself, reputation to your neighbour.

The good man, though a slave, is free; the wicked, though he reigns, is a slave.

Two cities have been formed by two loves: the earthly by the love of self; the heavenly by the love of God.

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden.

I entered (into my inward self) and beheld with the eye of my soul...the Light Unchangeable.

When we read a book, our most essential trait - imagination - is given the opportunity to soar.