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It is quite useless knocking at the door of heaven for earthly comfort. It's not the sort of comfort they supply there.

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Christianity if false is not important. If Christianity is true however it is of infinite importance. What it cannot be is moderately important.

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We must lay before him what is in us not what ought to be in us.

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Prayer in the sense of petition asking for things is a small part of it confession and penitence are its threshold adoration its sanctuary the pr...more

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In Gethsemane the holiest of all petitioners prayed three times that a certain cup might pass from Him. It did not. After that the idea that prayer is...more

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I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen. Not only because I see it but because I see everything by it.

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I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.

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The hall is a place to wait in, a place from which to try the various doors, not a place to live in. For that purpose the worst of the rooms (whicheve...more

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Don't think of God in terms of forms, because forms are limited and God is unlimited.

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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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I would rather be what God chose to make me than the most glorious creature that I could think of; for to have been born in God's thought, and then ma...more

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You cannot be kind unless you have all the other virtues.

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If you want to get warm you must stand near the fire: if you want to be wet you must get into the water. If you want joy, power, peace, eternal life, ...more

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We don't have a soul. We are a soul. We happen to have a body.

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Make no mistake,' He says, 'if you let me, I will make you perfect. The moment you put yourself in My hands, that is what you are in for. Nothing less...more