God sometimes seems to speak to us most intimately when he catches us, as it were, off our guard.

We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.

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

For the church is not a human society of people united by their natural affinities but the Body of Christ, in which all members, however different, (and He rejoices in their differences and by no means wishes to iron them out) must share the common life, complementing and helping one another precisely by their differences.

I see you are an idiot, whatever else you may be.

We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.

Remember He is the artist and you are the picture. You can’t see it, you can't see your true self. So quietly submit to be painted.