In the end it will not matter to us whether we wrote well or ill; whether we fought with flails or reeds. It will matter to us greatly on what side we fought.

There is only one reason an intelligent person doesn't believe in miracles. He or she believes in materialism.

Joy, which was the small publicity of the pagan, is the gigantic secret of the Christian.

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.

One of the chief uses of religion is that it makes us remember our coming from darkness, the simple fact that we are created.

It is only great men who take up a great space by not being there.

The most valuable book we can read, about countries we have visited, is that which recalls to us something that we did notice, but did not notice that we noticed.