Nothing is more likely to destroy a species or a nation than a determination to survive at all costs

Love as distinct from "being in love" is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit.

He who has not forgiven an enemy has never yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life.

We regard God as an airman regards his parachute; it's there for emergencies but he hopes he'll never have to use it.

Odd, the way the less the Bible is read the more it is translated

It is safe to tell the pure in heart that they shall see God, for only the pure in heart want to.

Either the day must come when joy prevails and all the makers of misery are no longer able to infect it, or else, for ever and ever, the makers of misery can destroy in others the happiness they reject for themselves.