To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.

Badness cannot succeed even in being bad in the same way in which goodness is good. Goodness is, so to speak, itself: badness is only spoiled goodness. Evil is a parasite, not an original thing.

Remember that all worlds draw to an end and that noble death is a treasure which no one is too poor to buy.

The humblest praise most, while cranks & malcontents praise least. Praise almost seems to be inner health made audible

We who defend Christianity find ourselves constantly opposed not by the irreligion of our headers but by their real religion.

Kindness consents very readily to the removal of its object – we have all met people whose kindness to animals is constantly leading them to kill animals lest they should suffer. Kindness, merely as such, cares not whether its object becomes good or bad, provided only that it escapes suffering.

It certainly is my opinion that a book worth reading only in childhood is not worth reading even then.