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

Friendship is born at that moment when one man says to another: "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . ."

Of course, we are to pray for spiritual awakening, and in various ways we can do something toward it. But we must remember that neither Paul nor Apollos gives the increase.

A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.

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

To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.

The time when there is nothing at all in your soul except a cry for help may be just that time when God can't give it: you are like the drowning man who can't be helped because he clutches and grabs. Perhaps your own reiterated cries deafen you to the voice you hoped to hear.