God wastes nothing - not even sin. The soul that has struggled and come through is enriched by it's experiences, and Grace does not merely blot out the evil past but in the most literal sense "makes it good."

A passage is not plain English - still less is it good English - if we are obliged to read it twice to find out what it means.

But what are you going to do about the people who are cursed with both hearts and brains?

None of us feels the true love of God till we realize how wicked we are. But you can't teach people that - they have to learn by experience.

Birth is beastly - and death - and digestion, if it comes to that. Sometimes when I think of what's happening inside me to a beautiful suprème de sole, with the caviare in boats, and the croûtons and the jolly little twists of potato and all the gadgets - I could cry. But there it is, don't you know.

That you cannot have Christian principles without Christ is becoming increasingly clear, because their validity as principles depends on Christ's authority.

People who prefer to believe the worst of others will breed war and religious persecutions while the world lasts.