Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good.

If one has to choose between reading the new books and reading the old, one must choose the old: not because they are necessarily better but because they contain precisely those truths of which our own age is neglectful.

Love as distinct from "being in love" is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit.

We regard God as an airman regards his parachute; it's there for emergencies but he hopes he'll never have to use it.

At the very least, they can be persuaded that the bodily position makes no difference to their prayers; for they constantly forget[...]that they are animals and that whatever their bodies do affects their souls.

Please will you do my job for me.

Joy is the serious business of heaven.