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.

My tactics were, by God's aid, to employ every means to make it clear what the requirement of Christianity truly is.

It is intelligent to ask two questions: (1) Is it possible? (2) Can I do it?. But it is unintelligent to ask these questions: (1) Is it real? (2) Has my neighbor done it?

Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting on a veritable clearance sale. Everything can be had so dirt cheap that one begins to wonder whether in the end anyone will want to make a bid.

Once you are born in this world you’re old enough to die.

As my prayer became more attentive and inward, I had less and less to say. I finally became completely silent... This is how it is. To pray does not mean to listen to oneself speaking. Prayer involves becoming silent, and being silent, and waiting until God is heard.

One could construe the life of man as a great discourse in which the various people represent different parts of speech (the same might apply to states).