If God is Love, He is, by definition, something more than mere kindness.

If minds are wholly dependent on brains and brains on biochemistry, and biochemistry (in the long run) on the meaningless flux of the atoms, I cannot understand how the thought of those minds should have any more significance than the sound of the wind in the trees.

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.

You would not call a man humane for ceasing to set mousetraps if he did so because he believed there were no mice in the house.

If you are a Christian you do not have to believe that all the other religions are simply wrong all through. If you are an atheist you do have to believe that the main point in all the religions of the whole world is simply one huge mistake.

Please,' she said, 'You're so beautiful. You may eat me if you like. I'd rather be eaten by you than fed by anyone else.

Education is only the most fully conscious of the channels whereby each generation influences the next.