True friends... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals

We ought to give thanks for all fortune: it is is good, because it is good, if bad, because it works in us patience, humility and the contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one

If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desire not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, we are like ignorant children who want to continue making mud pies in a slum because we cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a vacation at the sea. We are far too easily pleased

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring

We're not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be

When we see the face of God we shall know that we have always known it. He has been a party to, has made, sustained and moved moment by moment within, all our earthly experiences of innocent love

We regard God as an airman regards his parachute; it's there for emergencies but he hopes he'll never have to use it

Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable

Though our feelings come and go, God’s love for us does not