We 'have all we want' is a terrible saying when 'all' does not include God. We find God an interruption. As St. Augustine says somewhere, 'God wants to give us something, but cannot, because our hands are full - there's nowhere for Him to put it.'

A Christian is not a man who never goes wrong, but a man who is enabled to repent.

We may note in passing that He (Jesus) was never regarded as a mere moral teacher. He did not produce that effect on any of the people who actually met Him. He produced mainly three effects - Hatred - Terror - Adoration. There was no trace of people expressing mild admiration.

One always feel better when one has made up one's mind.

And as Jill gazed at its motionless bulk, she realized that she might as well have asked the whole mountain to move aside for her convenience.

Poetry too is a little incarnation, giving body to what had been before invisible and inaudible.

The most dangerous ideas in a society are not the ones being argued, but the ones that are assumed.