I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare. In other words, if our expenditure on comforts, luxuries, amusements, etc, is up to the standard common among those with the same income as our own, we are probably giving away too little. If our charities do not at all pinch or hamper us, I should say they are too small. There ought to be things we should like to do and cannot do because our charitable expenditure excludes them.

Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.

Reality is harsh to the feet of shadows. But will you come?

God is the only comfort, He is also the supreme terror: the thing we most need and the thing we most want to hide from.

I believe in Christianity as I believe the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.

The first fact in the history of Christendom is a number of people who say they have seen the Resurrection.

The Christian claim is: Nothing explains the facts better than an all-powerful, all-knowing, omnipresent god creating the universe and sending Jesus to spread his message. This is about as remarkable a claim as could be stated, and yet it is tossed out lightly. Christians seem to imagine that "God did it" is as plausible as the natural explanation that stories grow with the retelling. The Christian has the burden of proof, and it's an enormous burden given this enormous claim.