It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.

The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed.

On the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart

Deep within every man there lies the dread of being alone in the world, forgotten by God, overlooked among the tremendous household of millions and millions.

I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this.

The stone that was rolled before Christ's tomb might appropriately be called the philosopher's stone because its removal gave not only the pharisees but, now for 1800 years, the philosophers so much to think about.

...there is one thing that all Satan's cunning and all the snares of temptation cannot take by surprise - an undivided will.