What we want is not more little books about Christianity, but more little books by Christians on other subjects--with their Christianity latent.

The only things we can keep are the things we freely give to God. What we try to keep for ourselves is just what we are sure to lose.

Of course, we are to pray for spiritual awakening, and in various ways we can do something toward it. But we must remember that neither Paul nor Apollos gives the increase.

The Life-Force is a sort of tame God. You can switch it on when you want, but it will not bother you. All the thrills of religion and none of the cost. Is the Life-Force the greatest achievement of wishful thinking the world has yet seen?

It is very true. But even a traitor may mend. I have known one that did.

The moment you wake up each morning, all your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists in shoving it all back; in listening to that other voice, taking that other point of view, letting that other, larger, stronger, quieter life come flowing in.

The very first tear he made was so deep that I thought it had gone right into my heart.