The humans live in time but our Enemy (God) destines them for eternity.

We do not enjoy a story fully at the first reading. Not till the curiosity, the sheer narrative lust, has been given its sop and laid asleep, are we at leisure to savour the real beauties.

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.

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

You and I have need of the strongest spell that can be found to wake us from the evil enchantment of worldliness.

The notion that everyone would like Christianity to be true, and therefore all atheists are brave men who have accepted the defeat of all their deepest desires, is simply impudent nonsense.

One of the dangers of having a lot of money is that you may be quite satisfied with the kinds of happiness money can give and so fail to realize your need for God. If everything seems to come simply by signing checks, you may forget that you are at every moment totally dependent on God.