Soon the sun will set'- is that prophecy? No, it's merely an assertion of faith in the consistency of events.

One should be embarrassed to speak of God in the third person.

....to abuse the intellect for reasons of pride, vanity, or escape from responsibility, is the fruit of that same tree.

When Holy Church occasionally hinted that she still considered her authority to be supreme over all nations and superior to the authority of states, men in these times tended to snicker.

The trouble with being a priest was that you eventually had to take the advice you gave to others.

When you tire of living, change itself seems evil, does it not? for then any change at all disturbs the deathlike peace of the life-weary.

Because a doubt is not a denial. Doubt is a powerful tool, and it should be applied to history.