Just vengeance does not call for punishment.

Just vengeance does not call for punishment.

If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss read more

If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.

Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.

Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.

Any solution to a problem changes the problem.

Any solution to a problem changes the problem.

Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.

Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.

It contains a misleading impression, not a lie. It was being economical with the truth.

It contains a misleading impression, not a lie. It was being economical with the truth.

Fear of error which everything recalls to me at every moment of the flight of my ideas, this mania for read more

Fear of error which everything recalls to me at every moment of the flight of my ideas, this mania for control, makes men prefer reason's imagination to the imagination of the senses. And yet it is always the imagination alone which is at work.

Lord I disbelieve -- help thou my unbelief.

Lord I disbelieve -- help thou my unbelief.

Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: read more

Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavor, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned.