Pilate was merciful till it became risky.

I prefer being honest to being 'honest to God.'

The most valuable thing the Psalms do for me is to express the same delight in God which made David dance.

Of course it should be pointed out that, though all salvation is through Jesus, we need not conclude that he cannot save those who have not explicitly accepted him in this life.

Those who tread 'adult' as a term of approval cannot hope to be considered adult themselves. When I became a man I put away childish things, along with the desire to be very grown up.

While friendship has been by far the chief source of my happiness, acquaintance or general society has always meant little to me, and I cannot quite understand why a man should wish to know more people than he can make real friends of.

Only the skilled can judge the skillfulness, but that is not the same as judging the value of the result.