It is when we notice the dirt that God is most present in us; it is the very sign of His presence.

They did nothing wrong their time here has ended

The only people who hate escapism are jailers.

Thus we have now for many centuries triumphed over nature to the extent of making certain secondary characteristics of the male (such as the beard) disagreeable to nearly all the females—and there is more in that than you might suppose.

Even if there were pains in Heaven, all who understand would desire them.

The only things we can keep are the things we freely give to God. What we try to keep for ourselves is just what we are sure to lose.

It is good that the window should be transparent, because the street or garden beyond it is opaque. How if you saw through the garden too? It is no use trying to 'see through' [everything]. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.