Christianity promises to make men free; it never promises to make them independent.

The happy people are those who are producing something; the bored people are those who are consuming much and producing nothing.

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.

If the universe is running down like a clock, the clock must have been wound up at a date which we could name if we knew it. The world, if it is to have an end in time, must have had a beginning in time.

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

I think middle-age is the best time, if we can escape the fatty degeneration of the conscience which often sets in at about fifty.

Take away fear, and the battle of Freedom is half won.