We may think God wants actions of a certain kind, but God wants people of a certain kind.

It is easy to acknowledge, but almost impossible to realize for long, that we are mirrors whose brightness, if we are bright, is wholly derived from the sun that shines upon us.

If only this toothache would go away, I could write another chapter on the problem of pain.

The proper rewards are not simply tacked on to the activity for which they are given, but are the activity itself in consummation.

I have seen landscapes . . . which, under a particular light, make me feel that at any moment a giant might raise his head over the next ridge.

He has room for people with very little sense, but He wants everyone to use what sense they have.

Jewel,' he said, 'what lies before us? Horrible thoughts arise in my heart. If we had died before today we should have been happy.