Five senses; an incurably abstract intellect; a haphazardly selective memory; a set of preconceptions and assumptions so numerous that I can never examine more than a minority of them - never become even conscious of them all.

And the seriousness with which the other party takes my words always raises the doubt whether I have taken them seriously enough myself.

The value of myth is that it takes all the things you know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by the veil of familiarity.

We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, 'Blessed are they that mourn,' and I accept it. I've got nothing that I hadn't bargained for. Of course it is different when the thing happens to oneself, not to others, and in reality, not imagination.

The stamp of the Saint is that he can waive his own rights and obey the Lord Jesus.

the Divine Nature wounds and perhaps destroys us merely by being what it is.

It is, of course, quite true that God will not love you any less, or have less use for you, if you happen to have been born with a very second-rate brain.