We who defend Christianity find ourselves constantly opposed not by the irreligion of our headers but by their real religion.

I will not be at the mercy of the telephone!

No one can teach riding so well as a horse.

Man's conquest of Nature, if the dreams of some scientific planners are realized, means the rule of a few hundreds of men over billions upon billions of men. There neither is nor can be any simple increase of power on Man's side. Each new power won by man is a power over man as well.

We do not enjoy a story fully at the first reading. Not till the curiosity, the sheer narrative lust, has been given its sop and laid asleep, are we at leisure to savour the real beauties.

Goodness is, so to speak, itself; badness is only spoiled goodness. And there must be something good first before it can be spoiled.

For in self-giving, if anywhere, we touch a rhythm not only of all creation but of all being.