Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.

What we have been told is how we men can be drawn into Christ-can become part of that wonderful present which the young Prince of the universe wants to offer to His Father-that present which is Himself and therefore us in Him. It is the only thing we were made for. And there are strange, exciting hints in the Bible that when we are drawn in, a great many other things in Nature will begin to come right. The bad dream will be over: it will be morning.

Our Father refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but will not encourage us to mistake them for home.

He who has not forgiven an enemy has never yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life.

Put first things first and we get second things thrown in: put second things first & we lose both first and second things.

It was a full moon and, shining on all the snow, it made everything almost as bright as day -- only the shadows were rather confusing.

We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is good, because it is good; if bad, because it works in us patience, humility, contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country.