There have been men before who got so interested in proving the existence of God that they came to care nothing for God himself, as if the good Lord had nothing to do but to exist. There have been some who were so preoccupied with spreading Christianity that they never gave a thought to Christ.

Any amount of theology can now be smuggled into people's minds under the cover of fiction without their knowing it.

The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.

Prosperity knits a man to the world. He feels that he is finding his place in it, while really it is finding its place in him.

My son, by all means desist from kicking the venerable and enlightened Vizier: for as a costly jewel retains its value even if hidden in a dung-hill, so old age and discretion are to be respected even in the vile persons of our subjects. Desist therefore, and tell us what you desire and propose.

If our deepest desires cannot be satisfied in this world, then we must have been made for another world.

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