What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.

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

We read to know we are not alone.

A moderated religion is as good for us as no religion at all—and more amusing.

Keep clear of psychiatrists unless you know that they are also Christians. Otherwise they start with the assumption that your religion is an illusion and try to 'cure' it: and this assumption they make not as professional psychologists but as amateur philosophers.

To interest is the first duty of art; no other excellences will ever begin to compensate for failure in this.

The continual looking forward to the eternal world is not a form of escapism or wishful thinking, but one of the things a Christian is meant to do.