Father and son are natural enemies and each is happier and more secure in keeping it that way.

Only God sees the sparrow fall, but even God doesn't do anything about it.

The Hebrew word, the word timshel - 'Thou mayest' - that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open...Why, that makes a man great...He can choose his course and fight it through and win...I have a new love for that glittering instrument, the human soul. It is a lovely and unique thing in the universe. It is always attacked and never destroyed - because 'Thou mayest'. ch 24

I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why.

But think of the glory of the choice! That makes a man a man. A cat has no choice, a bee must make honey. There's no godliness there.

I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.

It is possible, even probable, to be told a truth about a place, to accept it, to know it and at the same time not to know anything about it.