What sought they thus afar?
Bright jewels of the mine?
The wealth of seas, the spoils of read more

What sought they thus afar?
Bright jewels of the mine?
The wealth of seas, the spoils of war?--
They sought a faith's pure shrine!

Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable read more

Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.

Just go on . . . and faith will soon return.

Just go on . . . and faith will soon return.

Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him,
and from the top of it read more

Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him,
and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers of
his law. The people assembled; Mahomet called the hill to come
to him, again and again, and when the hill stood still, he was
never a whit abashed, but said, "If the hill will not come to
Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill."

Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right.

Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right.

I'm up to my neck in the real world, every day. Just you try
doing your VAT return with read more

I'm up to my neck in the real world, every day. Just you try
doing your VAT return with a head full of goblins.

It is my belief, you cannot deal with the most serious things in the world unless you understand the most read more

It is my belief, you cannot deal with the most serious things in the world unless you understand the most amusing

Faith makes the discords of the present the harmonies of the future.

Faith makes the discords of the present the harmonies of the future.

Faith is like electricity. You can't see it, but you can see the light.

Faith is like electricity. You can't see it, but you can see the light.