Not all Tolkien haters are Orcs, but all Orcs are Tolkien haters.

When you give yourself away you find that a new and more real self has somehow been given to you.

Christianity is God's marriage proposal to the soul.

Agape is the catalyst that makes value appear in anything.

How will the Tower of Babel be undone? How will we understand each other in Heaven? Will we all speak English or Dutch or Latin? No, we will speak music.

The self is like a baseball. Throw it back to the divine pitcher who pitched it to you in the first place, and the game of love goes on. Hold it, and the game is over. That is the difference between Heaven and Hell.

Those who meet Jesus always experience either joy or its opposites, either foretastes of Heaven or foretastes of Hell. Not everyone who meets Jesus is pleased, and not everyone is happy, but everyone is shocked.