Joy is the triumph of life; it is the sign that we are living our true life as spiritual beings.

Boredom is a certain sign that we are allowing our faculties to rust in idleness.

Action is the normal completion of the act of will which begins as prayer. That action is not always external, but it is always some kind of effective energy.

God does not always punish a nation by sending it adversity. More often He gives the oppressors their hearts' desire, and sends leanness withal into their soul.

Faith is an act of rational choice, which determines us to act as if certain things were true, and in the confident expectation that they will prove to be true.

When our first parents were driven out of Paradise, Adam is believed to have remarked to Eve, "My dear, we live in an age of transition."

In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only, that the logical solution will not be adopted.