Armed Soldier, terrible as Death, relentless as Doom; doing God's judgement on the Enemies of God. It is a phenomenon not of joyful nature; no, but of awful, to be looked at with pious terror and awe.

Faith is loyalty to some inspired teacher, some spiritual hero.

I came hither [Craigenputtoch] solely with the design to simplify my way of life and to secure the independence through which I could be enabled to remain true to myself.

Laughter means sympathy.

Men worship the shows of great men; the most disbelieve that there is any reality of great men to worship.

The eye of the intellect "sees in all objects what it brought with it the means of seeing."

He that has a secret should not only hide it, but hide that he has it to hide.