No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.

Regarding the debate about faith and works: It's like asking which blade in a pair of scissors is most important.

Awake. Love. Think. Speak. Be walking trees. Be talking beasts. Be divine waters.

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.

I'm afraid it's not much use to you, Mr. Rumblebuffin.' Not at all. Not at all.' said the giant politely. 'Never met a nicer hankerchee.

Who can endure a doctrine which would allow only dentists to say whether our teeth were aching, only cobblers to say whether our shoes hurt us, and only governments to tell us whether we were being well governed?

What do people mean when they say, 'I am not afraid of God because I know He is good'? Have they never even been to a dentist?