No one can teach riding so well as a horse.
You can't analyze God. He is too awesome, too big, too mysterious.
The only thing Christianity can not be...is moderately important.
You cannot make men good by law.
Put first things first and we get second things thrown in: put second things first & we lose both first and second things.
We shall draw nearer to God, not by trying to avoid the sufferings inherent in all loves, but by accepting them and offering them to Him; throwing away all defensive armour. If our hearts need to be broken, and if He chooses this as the way in which they should break, so be it.