“And is he honest who resists his genius or conscience only for the sake of present ease or gratification”

“Not gifted with genius but honestly holding his experiences deep in his heart, he kept his simplicity and humanity.”

“A true Christian is one who has not only peace of conscience, but war within. He may be known by his warfare as well as by his peace.”

“There may be coarse hypocrites, who consciously affect beliefs and emotions for the sake of gulling the world, but Bulstrode was not one of them. He was simply a man whose desires had been stronger than his theoretic beliefs, and who had gradually explained the gratification of his desires into satisfactory agreement with those beliefs. If this be hypocrisy, it is a process which shows itself occasionally in us all....”

“Resistance has no conscience.”

“He could not - say rather, he would not - deny himself the chance of the pleasure of seeing Margaret. He had no end in this but the present gratification.”