The world would use us just as it did the martyrs, if we loved God as they did.

I was an artistic dilettante for a while, in photography and collage and the visual arts.

We all know that a sympathetic and intelligent listener not only flatters our vanity, but also frequently enables us to crystallize our own ideas to the best advantage. Why, then, do we so often refuse to perform this service?

The Devil never tempts us with more success than when he tempts us with a sight of our own good actions.

The commands of God are all designed to make us more happy than we can possibly be without them.

A good judge should never boast of his power, because he can do nothing but what he can do justly: he is not the master, but the minister of the law. Authority without virtue is a very dangerous state.

If you going to live by a certain code - as Bob Dylan said, you gotta serve somebody.