“A Russian imbues his polite things with a heartiness, both of phrase and expression, that compels belief in their sincerity.”

“All wrong doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the best thing to do”

“For fools admire and love those things they see hidden in verses turned all upside down, and take for truth what sweetly strokes the ears and comes with sound of phrases fine imbued.”

“There ought not be two histories, one of political and moral action and one of political and moral theorizing, because there were not two pasts, one populated only by actions, the other only by theories. Every action is the bearer and expression of more or less theory-laden beliefs and concepts; every piece of theorizing and every expression of belief is a politcal and moral action.”

“Belief compelled through fear is not belief, it is blind and forced obedience.”

“Jesus' military career has never compelled my belief.”