And if there were a devil it would not be one who decided against God, but one who, in eternity, came to no decision.

To love God truly, one must first love man. And if anyone tells you that he loves God and does not love his fellow-man, you will know that he is lying.

There are people of spirit and there are people of passion, both less common than one might think. Rarer still are the people of spirit and passion. But rarest of all is a passionable spirit.

The tradition of the camp fire faces that of the pyramid.

The atheist staring from his attic window is often nearer to God than the believer caught up in his own false image of God.

It is not the nature of the task, but its consecration, that is the vital thing.

We may listen to our inner self-and still not know which ocean we hear roaring.