One doesn't bother to believe the credible: the credible is believed already, by definition. There's no adventure of the mind.

The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book.

There is only one way to degrade mankind permanently and that is to destroy language.

Advertising - a judicious mixture of flattery and threats.

Even the human heart is slightly left of centre.

We are always in the place of beginning; there is no advance in infinity.

The world of literature is a world where there is no reality except that of the human imagination.

This story of loss and regaining of identity is, I think, the framework of all literature.

Man lives, not directly or nakedly in nature like the animals, but within a mythological universe, a body of assumptions and beliefs developed from his existential concerns.

The bible should be taught so early and so thoroughly that it sinks straight to the bottom of the mind where everything that comes along can settle on it.

It seems clear that the Bible belongs to an area of language in which metaphor is functional, and were we have to surrender precision for flexibility.

The kingdom of God is within men.We must manifest the glory of God on earth.

if one of two or more joint wrongdoers has to pay all the damages, he cannot recover contribution from his fellows.

...[W]ords can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.

What if I was never redeemed? What if I already was?

Christian bashing is alive and well on college and university campuses also. In fact, it's ever more direct and overt because Christianity is not 'politically correct.' Never has been. Never will be.

Progress is not made by pulling off a series of stunts. Each step has to be regulated. A man cannot expect to progress without thinking.

God loves us the way we are, but too much to leave us that way.

Adrian looked away from me and down to where my hand covered his. I blushed and pulled away. “Sorry” I’d probably freaked him out

Hark," he said, his tone very dry. "What stone through yonder window breaks?

How great a Possibility, how small a realized Result.