Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

To make Christianity a private affair while banishing all privacy is to relegate it to the rainbow's end or the Greek Calends.

I pray because I can't help myself.

And above all, you must be asking which door is the true one; not which pleases you best by its paint and panelling…the question should never be: ‘Do I like that kind of service?’ but ‘Are these doctrines true: Is holiness there? Does my conscience move me towards this? Is my reluctance to move to this door due to my pride, or my mere taste, or my personal dislike for this particular door-keeper?

The great thing is to be found at one's post as a child of God, living each day as though it were our last, but planning as though the world might last a hundred years.

Humility, after the first shock, is cheerful virtue.

Precisely because we cannot predict the moment, we must be ready at all moments.