I think we must attack -- wherever we meet it -- the nonsensical idea that mutually exclusive propositions about God can both be true.

Hell begins with a grumbling mood, always complaining, always blaming others.

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.

If there ever was a time that nothing existed, then nothing would exist now

The man can neither man, nor retain, one moment of time; it all comes to him by pure gift; he might as well regard the sun and moon as his chattels.

Safety and happiness can only come from individuals, classes, and nations being honest and fair and kind to each other.

Golly,' said Edmund under his breath, 'He's a retired star.