"God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons that we could learn in no other way."

"Once people stop believing in God, the problem is not that they will believe in nothing; rather, the problem is that they will believe anything."

"A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you."

"A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading."

"Love as distinct from "being in love" is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit."

"One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts."