It takes courage to live through suffering; and it takes honesty to observe it.

In commanding us to glorify Him, God is inviting us to enjoy Him.

We know nothing of religion here: we only think of Christ.

We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.

So that the one road for which we now need God's leadership most of all is a road God, in His own nature, has never walked. But suppose God became a man... He could surrender His will, suffer and die, because He was a man.

Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.