No true civilization can be expected permanently to continue which is not based on the great principles of Christianity.

Mystery is but another name for ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain!

True religion extends alike to the intellect and the heart. Intellect is in vain if it lead not to emotion, and emotion is vain if not enlightened by intellect; and both are vain if not guided by truth and leading to duty.

Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated.

To murder character is as truly a crime as to murder the body: the tongue of the slanderer is brother to the dagger of the assassin

To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.

Sin with the multitude, and your responsibility and guilt are as great and as truly personal, as if you alone had done the wrong