Bad poets imitate, good poets steal.

I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope, For hope would be hope for the wrong thing.

The greatest proof of Christianity for others is not how far a man can logically analyze his reasons for believing, but how far in practice he will stake his life on his belief.

The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.

I hate university towns and university people, who are the same everywhere, with pregnant wives, sprawling children, many books and hideous pictures on the walls ... Oxford is very pretty, but I don't like to be dead.

No place of grace for those who avoid the Face. No time to rejoice for those who walk among noise and deny the Voice.

You will find that you survive humiliation. And that's an experience of incalculable value.