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

When we Christians behave badly, or fail to behave well, we are making Christianity unbelievable to the outside world

I am a product [...of] endless books. My father bought all the books he read and never got rid of any of them.... I had always the same certainty of finding a book that was new to me as a man who walks into a field has of finding a new blade of grass.

The world is so much larger than I thought. I thought we went along paths--but it seems there are no paths. The going itself is the path.

I was not born to be free---I was born to adore and obey.

If you are worried about the people outside, the most unreasonable thing you can do is remain outside yourself. Christians are Christ's body...every addition to that body enables Him to do more. If you want to help those outside you must add your own little cell to the body of Christ who along can help them. Cutting off a man's fingers would be a odd way of getting him to do more work.

You can't just go on being a good egg. You must either hatch or go bad!