Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt. - John Henry Newman

Such is the rule of our warfare. We advance by yielding; we rise by falling; we conquer by suffering; we persuade by silence; we become rich by bountifulness; we inherit the earth through meekness; we gain comfort through mourning; we earn glory by penitence and prayer. Heaven and earth shall sooner fall than this rule be reversed; it is the law of Christ's kingdom, and nothing can reverse it but sin.

We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.

It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say he is one who never inflicts pain.