42 quotes
English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)
“The mind that finds its way to wild places is the poet's but the mind that never finds its way back is the lunatic's.”
"One may understand the cosmos but never the ego the self is more distant than any star."
on Identity
"Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances which we know to be desperate."
on Hope
"Forgiving means to pardon the unpardonable faith means believing the unbelievable and hoping means to hope when things are hopeless."
on Faith
"Merely having an open mind is nothing. The object of opening the mind as of opening the mouth is to shut it again on something solid."
on Critical Thinking
"I am not absent-minded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else."
on Self Awareness
"The Bible tells us to love our neighbors and also to love our enemies probably because they are generally the same people."
on Love
"When people cease to believe in God they don't believe in nothing they believe in anything."
"Angels fly because they take themselves lightly."
on Joy
"It isn't that they can't see the solution it's that they can't see the problem."
on Wisdom
"The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost."
"The true object of all human life is play."
"Life exists for the love of music or beautiful things."
on Art
"There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right it is the ideal American who is all wrong."
on Culture
"The true object of human life is play."
"I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act but I do believe in a fate that falls on men unless they act."
on Philosophy
"True contentment... is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare."
"The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost."
"Acceptance is the truest kinship with humanity."
on Compassion
"True contentment is the power of getting of any situation all that there is in it."
on Happiness
"The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it."
on Courage
