The church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.

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.

A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.

As you know, God is generally on the side of the big squadrons against the small ones.

Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for--because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.

How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.