The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.

All human beings pass away. Do not let your happiness depend on something you may lose. If love is to be a blessing, not a misery, it must be for the only beloved who will never pass away.

Humour is...the all-consoling and...the all-excusing, grace of life.

The whole difficulty of understanding Hell is that the thing to be understood is so nearly nothing.

We must stop regarding unpleasant or unexpected things as interruptions of real life. The truth is that interruptions are real life.

Talk to me about the truth of religion and I'll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of religion and I'll listen submissively. But don't come talking to me about the consolations of religion or I shall suspect that you don't understand.

Falling in love is something that happens to us, being is love is something we do. No passion is self preservatory.