“None more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.”

Did Christians live according to their Religion, they would do nothing but what Truth, Righteousness, and Goodness do, according to their understanding and ability: and then one man would be a God unto another.

Christ is God clothed with human nature.

Ah! when in the immortal ranks enlisted, I sometimes wonder if we shall not find That not by deeds, but by what we’ve resisted, Our places are assigned.

Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.

Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.

Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.

Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.

The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.

Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.

Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.

Conscience without judgment is superstition.

No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.

Let us all so live as we shall wish we had lived when we come to die; for that only is well, that ends well.

A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.

Some are Atheists by Neglect; others are so by Affectation; they, that think there is no God at some times; do not think so at all times.

Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.

For most people reform meant relief from ecclesiastical extortions.

Remorse begets reform.

Without a revolution of the spirit, the forces which produced the iniquities of the old order would continue to be operative, posing a constant threat to the process of reform and regeneration.

Let’s cut the top rates of stamp duty to enable more movement to take place and also looking at the broader tax reform, simplifying our tax system.

Conservatism has always been about reforming government and solving problems, and that’s why the conservative movement should lead on immigration reform.

Life is hard and astonishingly complicated…. No one great reform will make it easy.

I want immigration reform to pass, I want people to be able to come out of the shadows.

War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.