Do not dare not to dare.

Whatever he says, let his inner resolution be not to bear whatever comes to him, but to bear it 'for a reasonable period'--and let the reasonable period be shorter than the trial is likely to last. It need not be much shorter; in attacks on patience, chastity, and fortitude, the fun is to make the man yield just when (had he but known it) relief was almost in sight.

For pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense.

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

God doesn't want something from us. He simply wants us.

Good people know about both good and evil: bad people do not know about either.

You cannot go on 'explaining away' for ever: you will find that you have explained explanation itself away. You cannot go on 'seeing through' things for ever. The whole point of seeing through something is to see something through it.