In Science we have been reading only the notes to a poem; in Christianity we find the poem itself.

When God becomes a Man and lives as a creature among His own creatures in Palestine, then indeed His life is one of supreme self-sacrifice and leads to Calvary.

The prayer preceding all prayers is 'May it be the real I who speaks. May it be the real Thou that I speak to.'

Jesus produced mainly three effects: hatred, terror, adoration. There was no trace of people expressing mild approval.

No time for better words, no time to unsay anything. -Til We Have Faces

Regarding the debate about faith and works: It's like asking which blade in a pair of scissors is most important.

If only this toothache would go away, I could write another chapter on the problem of pain.