I think we all sin by needlessly disobeying the apostolic injunction to "rejoice" as much as by anything else

We have had enough, once and for all, of Hedonism--the gloomy philosophy which says that Pleasure is the only good.

A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line.

The only way to drive out bad culture is to create good culture. We need to recognize that artistic talent is a gift from the Lord - and that developing those talents is the only way to create good culture.

The naturalists have been engaged in thinking about Nature. They have not attended to the fact that they were thinking. The moment one attends to this it is obvious that one's own thinking cannot be merely a natural event, and that therefore something other than nature exists. The Supernatural is not remote or abstruse; it is a matter of daily and hourly experience, as intimate as breathing.

Of course God does not consider you hopeless. If He did He would not be moving you to seek Him (and He obviously is). What is going on in you at present is simply the beginning of the treatment. Continue seeking with cheerful seriousness. Unless He wanted you, you would not be wanting Him.

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.