I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do.
He that takes truth for his guide and duty for his end may safely trust to...
Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can...
There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled...
In each action we must look beyond the action at our past present and...
If we examine our thoughts we shall find them always occupied with the past...
We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith and...
Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.
Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not but not the contrary of what...
Faith is different from proof the latter is human the former is a Gift from...
It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith...
Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell but not the contrary of what...
In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough...
Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved what harm will...
Two things control men's nature instinct and experience.
The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is...
Our nature consists in motion complete rest is death.
As men are not able to fight against death misery ignorance they have...
Time heals griefs and quarrels for we change and are no longer the same...
Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest without a passion...
Imagination disposes of everything it creates beauty justice and happiness...
Chance gives rise to thoughts and chance removes them no art can keep or...
It is the fight alone that pleases us not the victory.
The struggle alone pleases us not the victory.
All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.
