We are not merely imperfect creatures who must be improved; we are rebels who must lay down our arms.

Precisely because we cannot predict the moment, we must be ready at all moments.

Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking and talking adult.

Perfect humility dispenses with modesty.

In the ancient world individuals have sold themselves as slaves, in order to eat. So in society. Here is a witch-doctor who can save us from the sorcerers - a war-lord who can save us from the barbarians - a Church that can save us from Hell. Give them what they ask, give ourselves to them bound and blindfold, if only they will! Perhaps the terrible bargain will be made again. We cannot blame men for making it. We can hardly wish them not to. Yet we can hardly bear that they should.

I think it very wrong to pray for people while they are in distress and then not to continue praying, now with thanksgiving, when they are relieved.

Our Father refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but will not encourage us to mistake them for home.