Whether we like it or not, God intends to give us what we need, not what we now think we want

Whenever you are fed up with life, start writing: ink is the great cure for all human ills, as I have found out long ago.

The Christian and the Materialist hold different beliefs about the universe. They can't both be right. The one who is wrong will act in a way which simply doesn't fit the real universe. Consequently, with the best will in the world, he will be helping his fellow creatures to their destruction.

Everything except God has some natural superior; everything except unformed matter has some natural inferior.

A man can eat his dinner without understanding exactly how food nourishes him. A man can accept what Christ has done without knowing how it works: indeed, he certainly would not know how it works until he has accepted it.

The problem of reconciling human suffering with the existence of a God who loves, is only insoluble so long as we attach a trivial meaning to the word "love."

See the bear in his own den before you judge of his conditions.