I had no knowledge of divine help, and all the world lost faith in gradual progress.

Being a fool for God was not merely alright but liberating.

No one who had once learned to identify happiness with wealth ever felt that he had wealth enough.

I suppose it's unfair, tricks of argument that leave wounds, but with this sort of thing that (C.S.) Lewis does, what I feel is a craftsman's joy at the sight of a superior performance.

We sucked in atheism with our canned milk.

I changed. I have been turning into a different person since that half-minute.

Future strong is relationship-driven and joyful.Its best bet is on people. Its outcomes create joyfor others and ourselves.

Courtship is an activity whereby one losses oneself … whilst trying to win someone’s love.

When people are in the midst of really heavy stuff and still have a sense of humor, I admire that.

Beauty is a precious trace that eternity causes to appear to us and that it takes away from us. A manifestation of eternity, and a sign of death as well.

Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.

Wisdom is meaningless until your own experience has given it meaning, and there is wisdom in the selection of wisdom.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

Say and do what you mean, but never say and do it meanly.

If you make things too real, sometimes you bring it down to the mundane.

Appearance is everything. I find that a view is secondary. Even in those apartments on the East River, it's dull, looking out at those little boats.