It is not enough to want to get rid of one’s sins, we also need to believe in the One who saves us from our sins.

The most valuable thing the Psalms do for me is to express the same delight in God which made David dance.

The event of falling in love... in one high bound it has overleaped the massive wall of our selfhood; it has made appetite itself altruistic, tossed personal happiness aside as a triviality and planted the interests of another in the centre of our being.

Children are not deceived by fairy-tales; they are often and gravely deceived by school-stories. Adults are not deceived by science-fiction ; they can be deceived by the stories in the women's magazines.

You know me better than you think, you know, and you shall know me better yet.

Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal.

Autumn is really the best of the seasons; and I'm not sure that old age isn't the best part of life.