I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

Pleasure disappoints; possibility never.

Father in Heaven! When the thought of thee wakes in our hearts let it not awaken like a frightened bird that flies about in dismay, but like a child waking from its sleep with a heavenly smile.

Every mental act is composed of doubt and belief, but it is belief that is the positive, it is belief that sustains thought and holds the world together.

One could construe the life of man as a great discourse in which the various people represent different parts of speech (the same might apply to states).

For he who loves God without faith reflects on himself, while the person who loves God in faith reflects on God.