Religion

Religion invariably involves the action of the will. Religion, radically, is a choice, not a feeling. You cannot ignore the will and make religion real. Locate it in the intellect, and it becomes an opinion—a bald belief; make it a matter of pure feeling, and it falls into a sentimentality—a sigh, a tear; lay it on the will, and at once it is a decision—a life. And herein appears the deep philosophy of Jesus' remark: "If ye love me, keep my commandments."