Our problem is not that we desire too much but too little.

If there ever was a time that nothing existed, then nothing would exist now

God is basic Fact. He must not be thought of as a featureless generality. He is the most concrete thing there is.

The central Christian belief is that Christ's death has somehow put us right with God and given us a fresh start.

A man can eat his dinner without understanding exactly how food nourishes him. A man can accept what Christ has done without knowing how it works: indeed, he certainly would not know how it works until he has accepted it.

I sometimes think that shame, mere awkward, senseless shame, does as much towards preventing good acts and straightforward happiness as any of our vices can do.

Whenever you are fed up with life, start writing: ink is the great cure for all human ills, as I have found out long ago.