Once people stop believing in God, the problem is not that they will believe in nothing; rather, the problem is that they will believe anything.

Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else.

Because God created the Natural - invented it out of His love and artistry - it demands our reverence.

The point is that for our ancestors, the universe was a picture; for modern physics it is a story.

It seems to me that we often, almost sulkily, reject the good that God offers us because, at that moment, we expected some other good.

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

We may note in passing that He (Jesus) was never regarded as a mere moral teacher. He did not produce that effect on any of the people who actually met Him. He produced mainly three effects - Hatred - Terror - Adoration. There was no trace of people expressing mild admiration.