There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.

Woman! Do you ever look inside? Do you ever look inside and see what you are not? God!

I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial.

Children know by instinct that hell is an absence of love, and they can pick out theirs without missing.

To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.

There is a question whether faith can or is supposed to be emotionally satisfying. I must say that the thought of everyone lolling about in an emotionally satisfying faith is repugnant to me. I believe that we are ultimately directed Godward but that this journey is often impeded by emotion

I have almost no capacity for worship. What I have is the knowledge that it is my duty to worship and worship only what I believe to be true.” May 19, 1962