I really don't know why people have so much trouble now writing about religious faith. It is true that clichés can override more interesting impulses. But the desire to find meaning, to be generous, to live well in an ethical and spiritual sense, is so widespread that it should not seem alien to people when it is expressed in the terms of traditional religion.

It is a good thing to know what it is to be poor, and a better thing if you can do it in company.

It is one of the best traits of good people that they love where they pity. And this is truer of women than of men.

You see how it is godlike to love the being of someone. Your existence is a delight to us. I hope you never have to long for a child as I did, but oh, what a splendid thing it has been that you came finally, and what a blessing to enjoy you now for almost seven years.

A little too much anger, too often or at the wrong time, can destroy more than you would ever imagine.

When my mother left me waiting for her, [she] established in me the habit of waiting and expectation which makes any present moment most significant for what it does not contain.

Nothing true can be said about God from a posture of defense.