A priest and a philosopher are two different things

But logic ignores the more-or-less as absolutely as the sun ignores the candlelight.

It will be perceived that he had a peculiar manner of his own of judging things: I suspect that he obtained it from the Gospel.

In this nineteenth century, the religious idea is undergoing a crisis. People are unlearning certain things, and they do well, provided that, while unlearning them they learn this: There is no vacuum in the human heart. Certain

Saint Augustine: 'Place your expectations in Him to whom there is no succession!

So many people never pause long enough to make up their minds about basic issues of life and death. It's quite possible to go through your whole life, making the mechanical motions of living, adopting as your own sets of ideas you've come to any conclusion for yourself as to what life is all about.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not on thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." "It's

Men are moved most by their religion; especially when it is irreligion.

Religious and philosophical beliefs are, indeed, as dangerous as fire, and nothing can take from them that beauty of danger. But there is only one way of really guarding ourselves against the excessive danger of them, and that is to be steeped in philosophy and soaked in religion.

You can only find truth with logic if you have already found it without it.

Don't fall into the trap of believing so deeply in your own ideology that you cannot even see the flaws in it.

If you treat an animal right, they don't run away. They're not like us. They run away from people they don't trust; most times we run away from ourselves.