For the wise men of old the cardinal problem had been how to conform the soul to reality. For magic and applied science alike the problem is how to subdue reality to the wishes of men.

It's always winter but it's never Christmas.

Remember, we Christians think man lives for ever. Therefore, what really matters is those little marks or twists on the central, inside part of the soul which are going to turn it, in the long run, into a heavenly or a hellish creature.

Think of me as a fellow patient in the same hospital who, having been admitted a little earlier could give some advice.

What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.

Human culture has always had to exist under the shadow of something infinitely more important than itself. If men had postponed the search for knowledge and beauty until they were secure, the search would never have begun.

Tribulations cannot cease until God either sees us remade or sees that our remaking is now hopeless.