Every Christian would agree that a man's spiritual health is exactly proportional to his love for God.

Theology offers you a working arrangement, which leaves the scientist free to continue his experiments and the Christian to continue his prayers.

For the wise men of old the cardinal problem had been how to conform the soul to reality. For magic and applied science alike the problem is how to subdue reality to the wishes of men.

We shall not be well so long as we love and admire anything more than we love and admire God.

Are the gods not just?' 'Oh no, child. What would become us us if they were?

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.

The perfect church service would be the one we were almost unaware of; our attention would have been on God. But every novelty prevents this. It fixes our attention on the service itself; and thinking about worship is a different thing than worshipping ... 'Tis mad idolatry that makes the service greater than the god.