There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.

An Ulster Scot may come to disbelieve in God, but not to wear his weekday clothes on the Sabbath.

In my experience, it is Affection that creates this taste, teaching us first to notice, then to endure, then to smile at, then to enjoy, and finally to appreciate the people who 'happen to be there.' Made for us? Thank God, no. They are themselves, odder than you could have believed and worth far more than we guessed.

Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything.

A great many of those who 'debunk' traditional...values have in the background values of their own which they believe to be immune from the debunking process

Christ offers something for nothing: He even offers everything for nothing.

The difference [God's] timelessness makes is that this now (which slips away from you even as you say the word now) is for Him infinite.