Nothing which is at all times and in every way agreeable to us can have objective reality. It is of the very nature of the real that it should have sharp corners and rough edges, that it should be resistant, should be itself. Dream-furniture is the only kind on which you never stub your toes or bang your knee.

And the seriousness with which the other party takes my words always raises the doubt whether I have taken them seriously enough myself.

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.

For in self-giving, if anywhere, we touch a rhythm not only of all creation but of all being.

Free will, though it makes evil possible, also makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having.

Those who have nothing can share nothing; those who are going nowhere can have no fellow-travellers.

When we are wholly His we will be more ourselves than ever.