And this is the marvel of marvels; that he called me Beloved.

A creature revolting against a creator is revolting against the source of his own powers-including even his power to revolt...It is like the scent of a flower trying to destroy the flower.

They were pretty tired by now of course; but not what I’d call bitterly tired – only slow and feeling very dreamy and tired as one does when one is coming to the end of a long day in the open.

You may forget that you are at every moment totally dependent on God.

It seems to me that we often, almost sulkily, reject the good that God offers us because, at that moment, we expected some other good.

God is love, and that love works through men-especially through the whole community of Christians.

Better to be miserable with her than happy without her. Let our hearts break provided they break together. If the voice within us does not say this it is not the voice of Eros.