"The mind, by being open to conviction, and ready to embrace truth for its own sake, has a free use of its faculties, and a fair opportunity of attaining to a great perfection."

"I here put the case of a man, whose mind is so far out of order, that he takes himself to be a king."

"The greatest part of mankind are more influenced by example than by precept."

"Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of light, and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth which he has laid within the reach of their natural facu…"

"Bread, or water, or wine, which are the ordinary food and nourishment of the body, yet are not by nature bread, water, or wine, but become so by the application of the mind."