Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.

The road to the promised land runs past Sinai.

Whenever a person dwells chiefly, or even frequently, on the faults of other people's religions, he is in a bad condition.

Necessity may not be the opposite of freedom, and perhaps a man is most free when, instead of producing motives, he could only say, "I am what I do.

The whole journey was odd and dream-like -- the roaring stream, the wet grey grass, the glimmering cliffs which they were approaching, and always the glorious, silently pacing beast ahead.

Prayer is request. The essence of request, as distinct from compulsion, is that it may or may not be granted. And if an infinitely wise Being listens to the requests of finite and foolish creatures, of course He will sometimes grant and sometimes refuse them.

Hail Lord, ...Loose my chains.