It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.

Democracy demands that little men should not take big ones too seriously; it dies when it is full of little men who think they are big themselves.

History is a story written by the finger of God.

Other than heaven, the only place where one's heart is completely safe from the dangers of love is hell.

I would say if a man is going to write on chemistry, he learns chemistry. The same is true of Christianity. But to speak of the craft itself, I would not know how to advise a man how to write. It is a matter of talent and interest. I believe he must be strongly moved if he is to become a writer. Writing is like a 'lust,' or like 'scratching when you itch.' Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and when it does come, I for one must get it out.

Every object you see before you at this moment -the walls, ceiling, and furniture, the book, your own washed hands and cut fingernails, bears witness to the colonization of Nature of Reason.

To see, in some measure, like God. His love and His knowledge are not distinct from one another, not from Him. We could almost say He sees because He loves, and therefore loves although He sees.