Faith parries all blows. Faith transforms poison into crystalline water.
A little reflection will show us that every belief, even the simplest and most fundamental, goes beyond experience when regarded as a guide to our actions.
We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is bad algebra.
All our liberties are due to men who, when their conscience has compelled them, have broken the laws of the land.
It cannot be doubted that theistic belief is a comfort and a solace to those who hold it, and that the loss of it is a very painful loss. It cannot be doubted, at least, by many of us in this generation, who either profess it now, or received it in our childhood and have parted from it since with such searching trouble as only cradle-faiths can cause. We have seen the spring sun shine out of an empty heaven, to light up a soulless earth; we have felt with utter loneliness that the Great Companion is dead.
To know all about anything is to know how to deal with it under all circumstances.
No simplicity of mind, no obscurity of station, can escape the universal duty of questioning all that we believe.
The income men derive from producing things of slight consequence is of great consequence. The production reflects the low marginal utility of the goods to society. The income reflects the high total utility of a livelihood to a person.
Equality is the share of every one at their advent upon earth, and equality is also theirs when placed beneath it.
Many rich and powerful men would pay dearly to see the Lord or His Most Pure Mother, but God does not appear in riches, but in the humble heart. . . Every one of the poorest men can be humbles and come to know God. It need neither money nor reputation to come to know God, but only humility.
Hang in there. It is astonishing how short a time it can take for very wonderful things to happen.