The lost enjoy forever the horrible freedom they have demanded.

A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line.

Friendship (as the ancients saw) can be a school of virtue, but also (as they did not see) a school of vice. It is ambivalent. It makes good men better and bad men worse.

Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.

Even in this world of course it is the stupidest children who are most childish and the stupidest grown-ups who are most grown-up.

Every contact you make with everyone you meet will help them or hinder them on their journey to heaven.

All shall be done, but it may be harder than you think.