Truth and falsehood are opposed; but truth is the norm not of truth only but of falsehood also.

Your book bill ought to be your biggest extravagance.

For the Present is the point at which time touches eternity.

We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin.

Unless Christianity is wholly false, the perception of ourselves which we have in moments of shame must be the only true one.

Believing things on authority only means believing them because you have been told them by someone you think trustworthy. Ninety-nine per cent of the things you believe are believed on authority... Every historical event in the world is believed on authority. None of us has seen the Norman Conquest or the defeat of the Armada.

Grief. The pain now is part of the happiness then. That's the deal.