The Ears Of The Common People Are

To Take Up The Cross Of Christ Is No Great Action Done Once For All; It Consists In The Continual Practice Of Small Duties Which Are Distasteful To Us.

Regarding Christianity: Ten Thousand Difficulties Do Not Make One Doubt.

The Heart Is Commonly Reached, Not Through The Reason, But Through The Imagination, By Means Of Direct Impressions, By The Testimony Of Facts And Events, By History, By Description. Persons Influence Us, Voices Melt Us, Looks Subdue Us, Deeds Inflame Us. Many A Man Will Live And Die Upon A Dogma; No Man Will Be A Martyr For A Conclusion.

And With The Morn Those Angel Faces Smile Which I Have Loved Long Since And Lost Awhile.

A Great Memory Does Not Make A Mind, Any More Than A Dictionary Is A Piece Of Literature.