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

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

I have at last come to the end of the Faerie Queene: and though I say "at last", I almost wish he had lived to write six books more as he had hoped to do — so much have I enjoyed it.

Freedom always comes with a price.

Though I do not believe that my desire for Paradise proves that I shall enjoy it, I think it a pretty good indication that such a thing exists and that some men will.

Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.

It is always the novice who exaggerates.