Man is to be understood only in his relationship to God.

The process of living seems to consist in coming to realize truths so ancient and simple that, if stated, they sound like barren platitudes.

The standard that measures two things is something different from either. You are, in fact, comparing them both with some Real Morality, admitting that there is such a thing as a real Right, independent of what people think, and that some people's ideas get nearer to that real Right than others.

We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, Blessed are they that morn.

If Christianity was something we were making up, of course we could make it easier. But it is not. We cannot compete, in simplicity with people who are inventing religions. How could we? We are dealing with Fact. Of course anyone can be simple if he has no facts to bother about.

Every story of conversion is the story of a blessed defeat.

Each time you fall He'll pick you up. He knows your own efforts are never going to bring you anywhere near perfection