The modern world is filled with men who hold dogmas so strongly that they do not even know they are dogmas.

A naked moon stood in a naked sky.

Every heresy has been an effort to narrow the Church.

It is not greedy to enjoy a good dinner, any more than it is to enjoy a good concert. But I do think there is something greedy about trying to enjoy the dinner and the concert at the same time.

Shall I tell you the secret of the whole world? It is that we have only known the back of the world. We see everything from behind, and it looks brutal. That is not a tree, but the back of a tree. That is not a cloud, but the back of a cloud. Cannot you see that everything is stooping and hiding a face? If we could only get round in front--

Faith is always at a disadvantage; it is a perpetually defeated thing which survives all conquerors.

It's the first effect of not believing in God that you lose your common sense.