The deductive reasons for a course of action usually follow rather than precede the course of action. Thought follows life.

We shall seek first to tell the truth rather than to study the subtle art of adjusting it to the circumstances of time and person.

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.

Thought precedes action, action does not always precede thought.

One of the essential and most valid objections against the act of faith is that it is irrational, inasmuch as it offends against the syllogistic rule that the conclusion of an argument shall contain nothing more than the premises.

That mystic clasp of love lies not on the threshold but at the end of spiritual life, and can be reached for the most part only after much spiritual exercising, many denials, self-denials, watchings, and, it may be, the Cross of pain and disillusionment.