The only people who hate escapism are jailers.

All these toys were never intended to possess my heart. My true good is in another world, and my only real treasure is Christ.

To live his life in his own way, to call his house his castle, to enjoy the fruits of his own labour, to educate his children as his conscience directs, to save for their prosperity after his death -- these are wishes deeply ingrained in civilised man. Their realization is almost as necessary to our virtues as to our happiness. From their total frustration disastrous results both moral and psychological might follow.

Every disability conceals a vocation, if only we can find it, which will 'turn the necessity to glorious gain.

Extraordinary things only happen to extraordinary people. Maybe it's a sign that you've got an extraordinary destiny--something greater than you could've imagined.

Fancy sleeping on air. I wonder if anyone's done it before. I don't suppose they have. Oh, bother—-Scrubb probably has!

The perfect church service would be one we were almost unaware of. Our attention would have been on God.