God doesn’t tell you to do hard things so He can stand back and laugh and watch you struggle. He tells you to do things the things that He knows are gonna work out to your good in the end.
God shall be my last discovery.
The world can never be in the state of right order, strong government, and good influence unless London is truly and literally established as its capital.
The world exists to let Man philosophize.
The pearl whose possession separates man from beast, the pearl which is the rarest find - the best among virtues - is forgiveness.
The worst mockery God can make of a moralist is that He compels him to be a solipsist.
An idealistic lover is a blind lover, and therefore a true lover; a pragmatic lover is a sighted lover, and therefore a false lover.
All of us change. Everyone in this world, from birth to death, becomes someone new. Again and again, we are remade.
Wisdom is the best guide and faith is the best companion.
I tend to be a kind of left federalist. There's a value to more power of certain kinds being positioned at a more local level.
The bureaucrat is not free to aim at improvement. He is bound to obey rules and regulations established by a superior body. He has no right to embark upon innovations if his superiors do not approve of them. His duty and his virtue is to be obedient.