But why,... if you have a serious comment to make on the real life of men, must you do it by talking about a phantasmagoric never-never land of your own? Because, I take it, one of the main things the author wants to say is that the real life of men is of that mythical and heroic quality.

It matters enormously if I alienate anyone from the truth.

Once the feet are put right, all the rest of him will follow.

Unless I believe in God, I cannot believe in thought: so I can never use thought to disbelieve in God.

The way for a person to develop a style is (a) to know exactly what he wants to say, and (b) to be sure he is saying exactly that.

Love...is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit; reinforced by (in Christian marriages) the grace which both partners ask, and receive, from God. They can have this love for each other even at those moments when they do not like each other; as you love yourself even when you do not like yourself.

There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes.