Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which is everything in this world. |
Immateriality of the soul, philosophers who have mastered their passions. What matter could do that? |
In each action we must look beyond the action at our past, present, and future state, and at others whom it affects, and see the relations of all those things. And then we shall be very cautious. |
In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't. |
Instead of complaining that God had hidden Himself, you will give Him thanks for not having revealed so much of Himself; and you will also give Him thanks for not having revealed Himself to haughty sages, unworthy to know so holy a God. |
It has pleased God that divine verities should not enter the heart through the understanding, but the understanding through the heart |
It is a strange and long war, the war that violence is forever waging against truth. All the efforts of violence are powerless to weaken truth, and serve only to make it stronger. All the lights of truth are powerless to stop violence, and serve only |
It is false zeal to keep truth while wounding charity |
It is natural for the mind to believe and for the will to love; so that, for want of true objects, they must attach themselves to false. |
It is not certain that everything is uncertain. |
It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants. |
It is not only old and early impressions that deceive us; the charms of novelty have the same power |
It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in his own cause. |
It is right that what is just should be obeyed. It is necessary that what is strongest should be obeyed. |
It is superstitious to put one's hopes in formalities, but arrogant to refuse to submit to them. |