He's wild, you know. Not like a tame lion.

All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be. This is elementary

The return from the walk, and the arrival of tea, should be exactly coincident, and not later than a quarter past four.

In coming to understand anything we are rejecting the facts as they are for us in favour of the facts as they are.

When you come to knowing God, the initiative lies on His side. If He does not show Himself, nothing you can do will enable you to find Him. And, in fact, He shows much more of Himself to some people than to others—not because He has favourites, but because it is impossible for Him to show Himself to a man whose whole mind and character are in the wrong condition. Just as sunlight, though it has no favourites, cannot be reflected in a dusty mirror as clearly as in a clean one.

There is no neutral ground in the universe. Every square inch, every split second is claimed by God, and counterclaimed by Satan.

When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind.