Christian principles are, admittedly, stricter than the others; but then we think you will get help towards obeying them which you will not get towards obeying the others.

Do I think well of myself, think myself a nice chap? WEll, I am afraid I sometimes do (and those are, no doubt, my worst moments).

The choice of every lost soul can be expressed in the words "Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven." There is always something they insist on keeping, even at the price of misery.

And the seriousness with which the other party takes my words always raises the doubt whether I have taken them seriously enough myself.

Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it by thinking incessantly about the sins of others.

I don't want to hold you hand!

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.