The love of knowledge is a kind of madness.
[The natural life] knows that if the spiritual life gets hold of it, all its self-centredness and self-will are going to be killed and it is ready to fight tooth and nail to avoid that.
Without sin, the universe is a Solemn Game: and there is no good game without rules.
Oh, Adam’s sons, how cleverly you defend yourselves against all that might do you good!
Prayer does not change God; it changes me.
Children have one kind of silliness, as you know, and grown-ups have another kind.