"The ultimate triumph of philosophy would be to cast light upon the mysterious ways in which Providence moves to achieve the designs it has for man."

Philosophy, Light, Man, Providence

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"The ultimate triumph of philosophy would be to cast light upon the mysterious ways in which Providence moves to achieve the designs it has for man."

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"'Til the infallibility of human judgements shall have been proved to me, I shall demand the abolition of the penalty of death."

Death,

"The primary and most beautiful of Nature's qualities is motion, which agitates her at all times, but this motion is simply a perpetual consequence of crimes, she conserves it by means of crimes only."

Nature,

"Are not laws dangerous which inhibit the passions? Compare the centuries of anarchy with those of the strongest legalism in any country you like and you will see that it is only when the laws are silent that the greatest actions appear."

Action, Actions, Anarchy, Country, Laws

"No lover, if he be of good faith, and sincere, will deny he would prefer to see his mistress dead than unfaithful."

Faith, Will

"Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization."

Happiness, Virtue, Choice, Lies

"So long as the laws remain such as they are today, employ some discretion: loud opinion forces us to do so; but in privacy and silence let us compensate ourselves for that cruel chastity we are obliged to display in public."

Privacy, Chastity, Laws, Opinion

"What is more immoral than war?"

War,

"Happiness is ideal, it is the work of the imagination."

Happiness, Imagination, Work

"There is no God, Nature sufficeth unto herself; in no wise hath she need of an author."

Nature, God

"Nature has not got two voices, you know, one of them condemning all day what the other commands."

Nature, Day

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"War is only one facet of the larger problem of evil which has been with the human race since the beginning . . .This same evil tried to destroy the greatest human being who ever lived, nailing Him to a cross."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Philosophy, Evil, Only, Human

"Heaven is a wonderful place and the benefits for the believer are out of this world!"

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Philosophy, Place, Heaven, Wonderful

"God does not want an apartment in our house. He claims our entire home from attic to cellar."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Philosophy, Want, Does, Apartment

"I won't tell you that the world matters nothing, or the world's voice, or the voice of society. They matter a good deal. They matter far too much. But there are moments when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely, completely-or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in its hypocrisy demands. You have that moment now. Choose!"

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Philosophy, Life, Choice, Hypocrisy, Authenticity

"Thought, if I may put it, is the man behind the possession, appearance, things we like, things we hate and the very epitome of life."

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

Philosophy, Thought, Possession, Appearance, Life

"Talk about God can become dreary and lackluster if God isn't in you. Church can become a drab thing and the Bible an irksome Book if the Holy Spirit does not illuminate your soul with His indwelling presence."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Philosophy, About, Talk, Become

"We should not covet or expect the praise of ungodly men . . . the very fact that they are inclined to persecute us is proof that we are “not of the world."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Philosophy, Covet, Expect, Should

"A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?" Pointless, really..."Do the stars gaze back?" Now, that's a question."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Philosophy, Wonder, Existence, Stars, Curiosity

"Heavenly rest will be so refreshing that we will never feel that exhaustion of mind and body we so frequently experience now. I'm really looking forward to that."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Philosophy, Will, Rest, Heavenly

"There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Philosophy, Excess