No man can be an exile if he remembers that all the world is one city.

I find that when I think I am asking God to forgive me I am often in reality. . . asking Him not to forgive me but to excuse me.

If nothing in this world satisfies me, perhaps it is because I was made for another world.

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.

Never, never pin your whole faith on any human being: not if he is the best and wisest in the whole world. There are lots of nice things you can do with sand; but do not try building a house on it.

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

Grief. The pain now is part of the happiness then. That's the deal.