The beginning of Christendom, is, strictly, at a point out of time. A metphysical trigonometry finds it among the spiritual Secrets, at the meeting of two heavenward lines, one drawn from Bethany along the Ascent of the Messias, the other from Jerusalem against the Descent of the Paraclete. That measurement, the measurement of eternity in operation, of the bright cloud and the rushing wind, is, in effect, theology.
Charles WilliamsYou can have money piled to the ceiling but the size of your funeral is still going to depend on the weather.
Charles WilliamsThe telephone bell was ringing wildly, but without result, since there was no-one in the room but the corpse.
Charles WilliamsThe famous saying 'God is love', it is generally assumed, means that God is like our immediate emotional indulgence, not that the meaning of love ought to have something of the 'otherness' and terror of God
Charles WilliamsHow can one bargain for anything that is worth while? And what else is worth bargaining for?
Charles Williams