We are...a Divine work of art, something that God is making...something with which He will not be satisfied until it has a certain character.

And he writhed inside at what seemed the cruelty and unfairness of the demand. He had not yet learned that if you do one good deed your reward usually is to do another and harder and better one.

this is a book about something

The man can neither man, nor retain, one moment of time; it all comes to him by pure gift; he might as well regard the sun and moon as his chattels.

The value of myth is that it takes all the things you know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by the veil of familiarity.

You'll never make a good impression on other people until you stop thinking what sort of impression you make.

The best swordsman in the world may be disarmed by a trick that's new to him.