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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.
Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.
Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.
The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith.
The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith.
One should not stand at the foot of a sick person's bed, because that place is reserved for the guardian read more
One should not stand at the foot of a sick person's bed, because that place is reserved for the guardian angel.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
To speak of God, to think of God, is in every respect to show what one is made of. I read more
To speak of God, to think of God, is in every respect to show what one is made of. I have always wagered against God and I regard the little that I have won in this world as simply the outcome of this bet. However paltry may have been the stake (my life) I am conscious of having won to the full. Everything that is doddering, squint-eyed, vile, polluted and grotesque is summoned up for me in that one word: God!
Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord.
Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord.
If "everybody knows" such-and-such, then it ain't so, by at least ten thousand to one.
If "everybody knows" such-and-such, then it ain't so, by at least ten thousand to one.
O God, thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small.
O God, thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small.
