Good beats upon the damned incessantly as sound waves beat on the ears of the deaf, but they cannot receive it. Their fists are clenched, their teeth are clenched, their eyes fast shut. First they will not, in the end they cannot, open their hands for gifts, or their mouth for food, or their eyes to see.

Jesus Christ did not say, 'Go into the world and tell the world that it is quite right.'

Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.

Obedience is the road to freedom, humility the road to pleasure, unity the road to personality.

Giving to the poor is an essential part of Christian morality.

The central Christian belief is that Christ's death has somehow put us right with God and given us a fresh start.

The Enemy wants to bring the man to a state of mind in which he could design the best cathedral in the world, and know it to be the best, and rejoice in the fact, without being any more (or less) or otherwise glad at having done it than he would be if it had been done by another. The Enemy wants him, in the end, to be so free from any bias in his own favour that he can rejoice in his own talents as frankly and gratefully as in his neighbour's talents--or in a sunrise, an elephant, or a waterfall.