The Jews have always been waiting for a Messiah, but their Messiah is for them only, not for us, a Messiah ho will give them mastery over the Christians.
Once the people begin to reason, all is lost
Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
Faith consists in believing not what seems true, but what seems false to our understanding.
The man visited by ecstasies and visions, who takes dreams for realities is an enthusiast; the man who supports his madness with murder is a fanatic.