As the sun is best seen at his rising and setting, so men's native dispositions are clearest seen when they are children, and when they are dying.

God would not have made the universe as it is unless He intended us to understand it.

God [is] the author of the universe, and the free establisher of the laws of motion.

... even when we find not what we seek, we find something as well worth seeking as what we missed.

The gospel comprises indeed, and unfolds, the whole mystery of mans redemption, as far forth as it is necessary to be known for our salvation.

From a knowledge of His work, we shall know Him.

Nature always looks out for the preservation of the universe.

Sound consists of an undulating motion of the air.

There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought.

He whose faith never doubted, may justly doubt of his faith.

I am not ambitious to appear a man of letters: I could be content the world should think I had scarce looked upon any other book than that of nature.

You shouldn't do that, " said Laura. "You could set yourself on fire.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble he who writes verses builds it in granite.

The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man.

It is, I admit, mere imagination; but how often is imagination the mother of truth?

You are not obliged to put on evening clothes to meet God.

The key to effective giving is to stay open to receiving.

It takes no guts to be skeptical, it takes guts to believe.

I love fashion as much as I love basketball! It is a great joy for me to express myself through designing my own collection.

Optimists think that this is the best of all possible worlds; pessimists fear they are right.

Until we see something that is actually wrongdoing, we're probably not going to go on a fishing trip to go see look at.