Tea should be taken in solitude.

A sick society must think much about politics, as a sick man must think much about his digestion.

A recovery of the old sense of sin is essential to Christianity. Christ takes it for granted that men are bad. Until we really feel this assumption of His to be true, though we are part of the world He came to save, we are not part of the audience to whom His words are addressed.

An almost perfect relationship with his father was the earthly root of all his wisdom. From his own father, he said, he first learned that Fatherhood must be at the core of the universe. [speaking of George MacDonald]

You'll never make a good impression on other people until you stop thinking what sort of impression you make.

Most of us need the crutch at times; but of course it is idiotic to use the crutch when our own legs (our own loves, tastes, habits etc.) can do the journey on their own.

Any amount of theology can now be smuggled into people's minds under the cover of fiction without their knowing it.