No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good...Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is.

A moderated religion is as good for us as no religion at all—and more amusing.

The process of growing up is to be valued for what we gain, not for what we lose.

Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.

If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work. The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavorable. Favorable conditions never come.

Now that I am a Christian I do have moods in which the whole thing looks improbable: but when I was an atheist I had moods in which Christianity looked terribly probable.

Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good.