Things always work according to their nature.

... believing in a God whom we cannot but regard as evil, and then, in mere terrified flattery calling Him 'good' and worshipping him is a still greater danger... The ultimate question is whether the doctrine of the goodness of God or that of the inerrancy of scripture is to prevail when they conflict. I think the doctrine of the goodness of God is the more certain of the two. Indeed, only that doctrine renders this worship of Him obligatory or even permissable.

Some journeys take us far from home. Some adventures lead us to our destiny.

Our passions are not too strong, they are too weak. We are far too easily pleased.

Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else.

An author should never conceive himself as bringing into existence beauty or wisdom which did not exist before, but simply and solely as trying to embody in terms of his own art some reflection of eternal Beauty and Wisdom.

and a charge of lying against someone whom you have always found truthful is a very serious thing; a very serious thing indeed.