Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good.

And so for a time it looked as if all the adventures were coming to and end; but that was not to be.

Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.

You must not do, you must not even try to do, the will of the Father unless you are prepared to 'know of the doctrine'.

Very often the only way to get a quality in reality is to start behaving as if you had it already.

The essence of religion, in my view, is the thirst for an end higher than natural ends.

Reality, looked at steadily, is unbearable.