The very nature of Joy makes nonsense of our common distinction between having and wanting.

God loves us NOT because we're lovable, because He is love. Not because He needs to receive, because He delights to give.

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.

The enemy will not see you vanish into God's company without an effort to reclaim you.

Goodness is, so to speak, itself; badness is only spoiled goodness. And there must be something good first before it can be spoiled.

I never fully understood it till my friend Professor Tolkien asked me the very simple question, 'What class of men would you expect to be most preoccupied with, and hostile to, the idea of escape?' and gave the obvious answer: jailers.

I was not born to be free---I was born to adore and obey.