The demand of the loveless and the self-imprisoned that they should be allowed to blackmail the universe: that till they consent to be happy (on their own terms) no one else shall taste joy: that theirs should be the final power; that Hell should be able to veto Heaven.

It is a dreadful truth that the state of having to depend solely on God is what we all dread most.... It is good of Him to force us; but dear me, how hard to feel that it is good at the time.

The way for a person to develop a style is (a) to know exactly what he wants to say, and (b) to be sure he is saying exactly that.

We may think God wants actions of a certain kind, but God wants people of a certain kind.

Mercy detached from justice grows unmerciful.

That fierce imprisonment in the self is but the obverse of the self-giving which is absolute reality.

If we accept Heaven we shall not be able to retain even the smallest and most intimate souvenirs of Hell.