Richard Whately

It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what they owe to God for any blessing, is, that they should receive that blessing often and regularly.

It is one thing to wish to have truth on our side, and another to wish sincerely to be on the side of truth.

A man will never change his mind if he have no mind to change.

As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it makes all the difference whether we begin or end with the inquiry, "What is truth?"

Neither human applause nor human censure is to be taken as the best of truth; but either should set us upon testing ourselves.

The best security against revolution is in constant correction of abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them a fortune.