Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.

The central Christian belief is that Christ's death has somehow put us right with God and given us a fresh start. Theories as to how it did this are another matter. A good many different theories have been held as to how it works; what all Christians are agreed on is that it does work.

Each time you fall He'll pick you up. He knows your own efforts are never going to bring you anywhere near perfection

Do not waste time bothering whether you "love" your neighbor; act as if you did.

The instrument through which you see God is your whole self. And if a man's self is not kept clean and bright, his glimpse of God will be blurred

On the whole, God’s love for us is a much safer subject to think about than our love for Him. Nobody can always have devout feelings: and even if we could, feelings are not what God principally cares about. Christian Love, either towards God or towards man, is an affair of the will.

We read to know we are not alone.