Free will, though it makes evil possible, also makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having.

I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him.

Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done things. We had time.

A great many of those who 'debunk' traditional...values have in the background values of their own which they believe to be immune from the debunking process

At present we are on the outside of the world, the wrong side of the door. We discern the freshness and purity of morning, but they do not make us fresh and pure. We cannot mingle with the splendours we see. But all the leaves of the New Testament are rustling with the rumour that it will not always be so. Some day, God willing, we shall get in.

You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage but He is building a palace. He intends to come & live in it Himself

Beauty is not democratic; she reveals herself more to the few than to the many.