It is very true. But even a traitor may mend. I have known one that did.

Perfect humility dispenses with modesty.

We are told that Christ was killed for us, that His death has washed out our sins, and that by dying He disabled death itself. That is the formula. That is Christianity. That is what has to be believed.

When you come to knowing God, the initiative lies on His side. If He does not show Himself, nothing you can do will enable you to find Him. And, in fact, He shows much more of Himself to some people than to others—not because He has favourites, but because it is impossible for Him to show Himself to a man whose whole mind and character are in the wrong condition. Just as sunlight, though it has no favourites, cannot be reflected in a dusty mirror as clearly as in a clean one.

You would not call a man humane for ceasing to set mousetraps if he did so because he believed there were no mice in the house.

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

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'