Talk to me about the truth of religion and I'll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of religion and I'll listen submissively. But don't come talking to me about the consolations of religion or I shall suspect that you don't understand.

God became man to turn creatures into sons: not simply to produce better men of the old kind but to produce a new kind of man. It is not like teaching a horse to jump better and better but like turning a horse into a winged creature.

We have to be continually reminded of what we believe.

The essence of religion, in my view, is the thirst for an end higher than natural ends.

If God thinks this state of war in the universe a price worth paying for free will...then we may take it it is worth paying.

Love as distinct from "being in love" is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit.

In such a fearful world, we need a fearless church