The heart never takes the place of the head: but it can, and should, obey it.

'Being in love' first moved them to promise fidelity: this quieter love enables them to keep the promise.

I would say if a man is going to write on chemistry, he learns chemistry. The same is true of Christianity. But to speak of the craft itself, I would not know how to advise a man how to write. It is a matter of talent and interest. I believe he must be strongly moved if he is to become a writer. Writing is like a 'lust,' or like 'scratching when you itch.' Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and when it does come, I for one must get it out.

Till that word can be dug out of us, why should they hear the babble that we think we mean? How can they meet us face to face till we have faces?

In our own case we accept excuses too easily; in other people's, we do not accept them easily enough.

There is no neutral ground in the universe. Every square inch, every split second is claimed by God, and counterclaimed by Satan.

There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.