Very few modern people think Friendship a love of comparable value or even a love at all.

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'

Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny.

The universe rings true whenever you fairly test it.

Unless Christianity is wholly false, the perception of ourselves which we have in moments of shame must be the only true one.

And all the time - such is the tragic comedy of our situation - we continue to clamor for those very qualities we are rendering impossible. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.

For the Christian, there are, strictly speaking, no chances. A secret Master of the Ceremonies has been at work.