“Being heard is so close to being loved, that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable.”

“Achievement comes from the habit of good thinking.”

“I don't want to prove anything; I merely want to live, to do no one harm but myself. I have the right to do that, haven't I?”

“Hypochondriacs who have a fanciful anxiety about their health will never be well regardless of their physical condition.”

“On the twelfth of June, the forces of Western Europe crossed the borders of Russia, and war began--that is, an event took place contrary to human reason and to the whole of human nature.”

“Never forget: Death was Satan’s greatest victory.”

“If you don’t do what you love, you will never love what you do. And if you don’t love whatever you do, you are likely to be worried anytime a duty is assigned to you concerning that.”

“[The decay of Logic results from an] untroubled assumption that the particular is real and the universal is not.” 

“Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”

“The Bible is God’s gift to us. It came from God, and it points us to God.”

“Passion is different from interest. Those who are just interested in things have the “wish”, but passionate people have the “will”

“Always give without remembering and always receive without forgetting.”

“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 best and oldest friends. I think all three are (except perhaps the second) far more probable than the alternatives. The case for Christianity in general is well given by Chesterton…As to why God doesn't make it demonstratively clear; are we sure that He is even interested in the kind of Theism which would be a compelled logical assent to a conclusive argument? Are we interested in it in personal matters? I demand from my friend trust in my good faith which is certain without demonstrative proof. It wouldn't be confidence at all if he waited for rigorous proof. Hang it all, the very fairy-tales embody the truth. Othello believed in Desdemona's innocence when it was proved: but that was too late. Lear believed in Cordelia's love when it was proved: but that was too late. 'His praise is lost who stays till all commend.' The magnanimity, the generosity which will trust on a reasonable probability, is required of us. But supposing one believed and was wrong after all? Why, then you would have paid the universe a compliment it doesn't deserve. Your error would even so be more interesting and important than the reality. And yet how could that be? How could an idiotic universe have produced creatures whose mere dreams are so much stronger, better, subtler than itself?”

“I do not expect old heads on young shoulders.”

“everything you touch will begin to transmute itself into an asset for your benefit.”