All get what they want; they do not always like it.

The holier a man becomes, the more he mourns over the unholiness which remains in him.

If we accept Heaven we shall not be able to retain even the smallest and most intimate souvenirs of Hell.

Satan always sends error into the world in pairs that are opposites. His great hope is that you will get so upset about one of his errors, that you'll react into the opposite one, and he's got you.

The Psalmists in telling everyone to praise God are doing what all men do when they speak of what they care about.

In the ancient world individuals have sold themselves as slaves, in order to eat. So in society. Here is a witch-doctor who can save us from the sorcerers - a war-lord who can save us from the barbarians - a Church that can save us from Hell. Give them what they ask, give ourselves to them bound and blindfold, if only they will! Perhaps the terrible bargain will be made again. We cannot blame men for making it. We can hardly wish them not to. Yet we can hardly bear that they should.

Disobedience to conscience makes conscience blind.