From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I know no other religion; I cannot enter into the idea of any other sort of religion; religion, as a mere sentiment, is to me a dream and a mockery.
Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it.
A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.
Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but if we cultivate it only for pleasure's sake, we are selfish, not religious, and will never gain the pleasure, because we can never have the virtue.
To holy people the very name of Jesus is a name to feed upon, a name to transport. His name can raise the dead and transfigure and beautify the living.
There is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws; there are things which may fairly be done, and things which may not be done.
