“It is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and submission and reformation, as to punish, in case of impenitency and obstinacy.”

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.

Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.

Becoming critical in the face of criticism, only inspires more criticism.

I became a welder. I was actually becoming an Engineer and I joined the wrong queue. And so I became a welder, without knowing what a welder was.

Life is supposed to be a series of peaks and valleys. The secret is to keep the valleys from becoming Grand Canyons.

In philosophy an individual is becoming himself.

As Beverly Hills becomes more Iranian-Jewish, it is becoming politically conservative.

There’s a danger in Hollywood of becoming self-obsessed.

I believe there are two periods in life, one for the bike, the other for becoming active on one’s work.

I was a bad student. I liked archaeology actually, I was interested in maybe becoming an archaeologist but I was such a bad student and had such bad grades that I wasn’t going to get into any really good college so I fell back on acting.