There is no use in talking as if forgiveness were easy. For we find that the work of forgiveness has to be done over and over again.

I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare.

Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.

How monotonously alike all the great tyrants and conquerors have been: how gloriously different are the saints.

God has infinite attention, infinite leisure to spare for each one of us. He doesn't have to take us in the line. You're as much alone with Him as if you were the only thing He'd ever created.

When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.

I know all about the despair of overcoming chronic temptation. It is not serious, provided self-offended petulance, annoyance at breaking records, impatience, etc., don't get the upper hand. No amount of falls will really undo us if we keep picking ourselves up each time...The only fatal thing is to lose one's temper and give up.