"Nought usually comes at the beginning," Ralph said. "Not necessarily," said Sibyl. "It might come anywhere. Nought isn't a number at all. It's the opposite of number." Nancy looked up from the cards. "Got you, aunt," she said. "What about ten? Nought's a number there - it's part of ten." "Well, if you say that any mathematical arrangement of one and nought really makes ten - " Sibyl smiled. "Can it possibly be more than a way of representing ten?"
Charles WilliamsPlay and pray; but on the whole do not pray when you are playing and do not play when you are praying.
Charles WilliamsEvery contrition for sin is apt to encourage a not quite charitable wish that other people should exhibit a similar contrition.
Charles WilliamsIt may be a movement towards becoming like little children to admit that we are generally nothing else.
Charles WilliamsIt is easier often to forgive than to be forgiven; yet it is fatal to be willing to be forgiven by God and to be reluctant to be forgiven by men
Charles Williams