A sum can be put right: but only by going back till you find the error and working it afresh from that point, never by simply going on.

A society in which conjugal infidelity is tolerated must always be in the long run a society adverse to women.

We must get over wanting to be needed-this is the hardest of all temptations to resist

I wish they would remember that the charge to Peter was "Feed my sheep", not "Try experiments on my rats", or even "Teach my performing dogs new tricks".

I daren't come and drink," said Jill. Then you will die of thirst," said the Lion. Oh dear!" said Jill, coming another step nearer."I suppose I must go and look for another stream then." There is no other stream," said the Lion.

A recovery of the old sense of sin is essential to Christianity. Christ takes it for granted that men are bad. Until we really feel this assumption of His to be true, though we are part of the world He came to save, we are not part of the audience to whom His words are addressed.

Like a good chess player, Satan is always trying to maneuver you into a position where you can save your castle only by losing your bishop.