Man makes holy what he believes, as he makes beautiful what he loves |
Man makes holy what he believes. |
Never has any one been less a priest than Jesus, never a greater enemy of forms, which stifle religion under the pretext of protecting it. By this we are all his disciples and his successors; by this he has laid the eternal foundation-stone of true religion; and if religion is essential to humanity, he has by this deserved the Divine rank the world has accorded him. |
No idea can succeed except at the expense of sacrifice; no one ever escapes without enduring strain from the struggle of life. |
O Lord - if there is a Lord; save my soul - if I have a soul |
Our opinions become fixed at the point where we stop thinking. |
Religion is not a popular error; it is a great instinctive truth, sensed by the people, expressed by the people. |
The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death. |
The liberty of the individual is a necessary postulate of human progress. |
The man who obeys is nearly always better than the man who commands |
The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life. |
To conceive the good, in fact, is not sufficient; it must be made to succeed among men. To accomplish this less pure paths must be followed. |
To conceive the good, in fact, is not sufficient; it must be made to succeed among men. To accomplish this less pure paths must be followed. |
To have common glories in the past, a common will in the present; to have done great things together; to wish to do greater; these are the essential conditions which make up a people |
To have common glories in the past, a common will in the present; to have done great things together; to wish to do greater; these are the essential conditions which make up a people |