It is certain that those who have the living faith in their hearts see at once that all existence is none other than the work of the God whom they adore. But for those in whom this light is extinguished, [if we were to show them our proofs of the existence of God] nothing is more calculated to arouse their contempt. . . .

...for the truth is always older than all the opinions men have held regarding it; and one should be ignoring the nature of truth if we imagined that the truth began at the time it came to be known.

The greatest single distinguishing feature of the omnipotence of God is that our imagination gets lost thinking about it.

We like to be deceived.

When some passion or effect is described in a natural style, we find within ourselves the truth of what we hear, without knowing it was there.

At the centre of every human being is a God-shaped vacuum which can only be filled by Jesus Christ.

To call a king "Prince" is pleasing, because it diminishes his rank.