A great many of those who 'debunk' traditional...values have in the background values of their own which they believe to be immune from the debunking process

What we called love down there was mostly the craving to be loved. In the main I loved you for my own sake: because I needed you...We shall have no need for one another now: we can begin to love truly.

For jokes as well as justice come in with speech.

As St. Paul points out, Christ never meant that we were to remain children in intelligence: on the contrary, He told us to be not only "as harmless as doves," but also "as wise as serpents." He wants a child's heart, but a grown-up's head.

The question is not what we intended ourselves to be, but what He intended us to be when He made us.

How little people know who think that holiness is dull... When one meets the real thing, it's irresistible!

An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.