"Talk to me about the truth of religion and I'll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of religion and I'll listen submissively. But don't come talking to me about the consolations of religion or I shall suspect that you don't understand."
"What do people mean when they say, 'I am not afraid of God because I know He is good'? Have they never even been to a dentist?"
"Talk to me about the truth of religion and I'll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of religion and I'll listen submissively. But don't come talking to me about the consolations of religion or I shall suspect that you don't understand."
"Of course the cat will growl and spit at the operator and bite him if she can. But the real question is whether he is a vet or a vivisector."
"My idea of God is not a divine idea. It has to be shattered time after time. He shatters it Himself."
"No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear."