How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know.

God answered the prayers of animals.

For although the will cannot be inwardly moved by any creature, yet it can be moved inwardly by God.

Without the suitable conditions life could not exist. But both life and its conditions set forth the operations of inscrutable Power. We know not its origin; we know not its end. And the presumption, if not the degradation, rests with those who place upon the throne of the universe a magnified image of themselves, and make its doings a mere colossal imitation of their own. Wonder was the motive that led people to philosophy ... wonder is a kind of desire in knowledge. It is the cause of delight because it carries with it the hope of discovery.

Beware the man of a single book.

Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality.

God destines us for an end beyond the grasp of reason.