Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is. ... We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it: and Christ, because He was the only man who never yielded to temptation, is also the only man who knows to the full what temptation means—the only complete realist.

But Pride always means enmity -- it is enmity. And not only enmity between man and man, but enmity to God.

Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.

I became my own only when I gave myself to Another.

Man is not the centre. God does not exist for the sake of man. Man does not exist for his own sake.

One of the dangers of having a lot of money is that you may be quite satisfied with the kinds of happiness money can give and so fail to realize your need for God. If everything seems to come simply by signing checks, you may forget that you are at every moment totally dependent on God.

He'll be coming and going" he had said. "One day you'll see him and another you won't. He doesn't like being tied down--and of course he has other countries to attend to. It's quite all right. He'll often drop in. Only you mustn't press him. He's wild, you know. Not like a tame lion.