On many questions and specially in view of the marriage bed, the Puritans were the indulgent party, . . . they were much more Chestertonian than their adversaries. The idea that a Puritan was a repressed and repressive person would have astonished Sir Thomas More and Luther about equally.

See the bear in his own den before you judge of his conditions.

Regarding the debate about faith and works: It's like asking which blade in a pair of scissors is most important.

Morality or duty never yet made a man happy in himself or dear to others.

We are not the playwright, we are not the producer, we are not even the audience. We are on the stage.

Now is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It won't last forever. We must take it or leave it.

God has infinite attention, infinite leisure to spare for each one of us. He doesn't have to take us in the line. You're as much alone with Him as if you were the only thing He'd ever created.