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In His will is our peace.
In His will is our peace.
With the power of conviction, there is no sacrifice.
With the power of conviction, there is no sacrifice.
Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height.
Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height.
As a first approximation, I define "belief" not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as read more
As a first approximation, I define "belief" not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as the subject's investment in a proposition, the act of saying it and considering it as true.
There are things you would love to hear but will never hear fromthe
person you want to hear them from, read more
There are things you would love to hear but will never hear fromthe
person you want to hear them from, but don't be deaf to the personwho
says it with his heart.
We are convinced that we are true soul mates. When I was fifteen and praying for my future wife, she read more
We are convinced that we are true soul mates. When I was fifteen and praying for my future wife, she was fourteen and praying for her future husband.
Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.
Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.
In every country and every age, the priest has been hostile to Liberty.
In every country and every age, the priest has been hostile to Liberty.
The human understanding is no dry light, but receives infusion from the will and affections; which proceed sciences which may read more
The human understanding is no dry light, but receives infusion from the will and affections; which proceed sciences which may be called "sciences as one would." For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes. Therefore he rejects difficult things from impatience of research; sober things, because they narrow hope; the deeper things of nature, from superstition; the light of experience, from arrogance and pride; things not commonly believed, out of deference to the opinion of the vulgar. Numberless in short are the ways, and sometimes imperceptible, in which the affections color and infect the understanding.
