With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

The difference [God's] timelessness makes is that this now (which slips away from you even as you say the word now) is for Him infinite.

It is better to forget about yourself altogether.

We have had enough, once and for all, of Hedonism--the gloomy philosophy which says that Pleasure is the only good.

And I say also this. I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, nor love so sweet, if there were no danger in the lakes.

You can’t get second things by putting them first. You get second things only by putting first things first.

This world is a great sculptor's shop. We are the statues and there is a rumor going round the shop that some of us are some day going to come to life.