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

I didn’t go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don’t recommend Christianity.

The very condition of having Friends is that we should want something else besides Friends. Where the truthful answer to the question "Do you see the same truth?" would be "I see nothing and I don't care about the truth; I only want a Friend," no Friendship can arise - though Affection of course may. There would be nothing for the Friendship to be about; and Friendship must be about something, even if it were only an enthusiasm for dominoes or white mice. Those who have nothing can share nothing; those who are going nowhere can have no fellow-travellers.

Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it by thinking incessantly about the sins of others.

I do not think that all who choose wrong roads perish; but their rescue consists in being put back on the right road.

Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.

Now is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It won't last forever. We must take it or leave it.