If a thing is free to be good it is also free to be bad. And free will is what has made evil possible. Why, then, did God give them free will? Because free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having.

We must show our Christian colors, if we are to be true to Jesus Christ. We cannot remain silent or concede everything away.

Why must holy places be dark places?

Whenever we find that our religious life is making us feel that we are good - above all, that we are better than someone else - I think we may be sure that we are being acted on, not by God, but by the devil.

Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.

The lost enjoy forever the horrible freedom they have demanded.

I wonder if people who asked for God to intervene in our world, really know what they are asking. Will they want to be there when God really does intervene?