Did not manage to convince the French people that we were going in the right direction.
I happen to have discovered a direct relation between magnetism and light, also electricity and light, and the field it opens is so large and I think rich.
Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature.
But still try, for who knows what is possible?
The book of nature which we have to read is written by the finger of God.
I am no poet, but if you think for yourselves, as I proceed, the facts will form a poem in your minds.
Lectures which really teach will never be popular; lectures which are popular will never really teach.
The natural man "cannot see or discern that divine excellency in the Scripture, without an apprehension whereof no man can believe it aright to be the word of God. "
Chosen soul, how will you bring this about? What steps will you take to reach the high level to which God is calling you? The means of holiness and salvation are known to everybody, since they are found in the Gospel; the masters of the spiritual life have explained them; the Saints have practiced them. . . These means are: sincere humility, unceasing prayer, complete self-denial, abandonment to Divine Providence, and obedience to the will of God.
I love to see people laugh and I love it more if I can make them laugh.
With many countries on the verge of redefining a basic social institution, What Is Marriage? issues an urgent call for full deliberation of what is at stake. The authors make a compelling secular case for marriage as a partnership between a man and a woman, whose special status is based on society's interest in the nurture and education of children.