It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper.

Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to hoodwink us about him.

Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and desertion, he would probably get one.

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.

I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable.

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.