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Nothing which is at all times and in every way agreeable to us can have objective reality. It is of the very nature of the real that it should have sh...more

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I think that all things, in their way, reflect heavenly truth, the imagination not least.

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Goodness is, so to speak, itself: badness is only spoiled goodness.

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I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.

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When the voice of your friend or the page of your book sinks into democratic equality with the pattern of the wallpaper, the feel of your clothes, you...more

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Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this ...more

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I do not think there is a demonstrative proof (like Euclid) of Christianity, nor of the existence of matter, nor of the good will and honesty of my be...more

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To shrink back from all that can be called Nature into negative spirituality is as if we ran away from horses instead of learning to ride. There is in...more

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You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.

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We are what we believe we are!

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Of course, there is no conceivable way of getting by reason from the proposition "I am losing interest in this" to the proposition "This is false.

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Of course, I quiet agree that the Christian religion is, in the long run, a thing of unspeakable discomfort. But it does not begin in comfort; it begi...more

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Nothing is yet in its true form.

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If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful th...more

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We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, 'Blessed are they that mourn,' and I accept it. I've got nothing that I...more