The distinction between pretending you are better than you are and beginning to be better in reality is finer than moral sleuth hounds conceive.

The change which the writing wrought in me (and of which I did not write) was only a beginning; only to prepare me for the gods' surgery. They used my own pen to probe my wound.

Now the trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.

The most valuable thing the Psalms do for me is to express the same delight in God which made David dance.

Those who would most scornfully repudiate Christianity as a mere "opiate of the people" have a contempt for the rich, that is, for all mankind except the poor.

If you had felt yourself sufficient, it would have been a proof that you were not.

In commanding us to glorify Him, God is inviting us to enjoy Him.