God is the only comfort, He is also the supreme terror: the thing we most need and the thing we most want to hide from.

Jesus was either a Liar, a Lunatic, or Lord

Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.

The prayer preceding all prayers is 'May it be the real I who speaks. May it be the real Thou that I speak to.'

If all experienced God in the same way and returned Him an identical worship, the song of the Church triumphant would have no symphony, it would be played like an orchestra in which all instruments played the same note.

...here also forgiving does not mean excusing. Many people seem to think it does. They think that if you ask them to forgive someone who has cheated or bullied them you are trying to make out that there was really no cheating or bullying. But if that were so, there would be nothing to forgive. (This doesn't mean that you must necessarily believe his next promise. It does mean that you must make every effort to kill every taste of resentment in your own heart - every wish to humiliate or hurt him or to pay him out.)

Father! Can I box him? Please!