Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods. Certainly to me it is the chief happiness of life. If I had to give a piece of advice to a young man about a place to live, I think I should say, 'sacrifice almost everything to live where you can be near your friends.'

Because God created the Natural - invented it out of His love and artistry - it demands our reverence.

Golly,' said Edmund under his breath, 'He's a retired star.

One of the marks of a certain type of bad man is that he cannot give up a thing himself without wanting everyone else to give it up.

Christianity tells people to repent and promises them forgiveness. It therefore has nothing (as far as I know) to say to people who do not know they have done anything to repent of and who do not feel that they need forgiveness.

I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.

The only thing one can usually change in one's situation is oneself. And yet one can't change that either-only ask Our Lord to do so.