A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.

The first demand any work of art makes upon us is to surrender. Look. Listen. Receive. Get yourself out of the way.

Why should your heart not dance?

To excuse what can really produce good excuses is not Christian charity; it is only fairness. To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable in you.

When we are wholly His we will be more ourselves than ever.

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.

To the Ancients, Friendship seemed the happiest and most fully human of all loves... The modern world in comparison, ignores it.