The heart is like a woman, and the head is like a man, and although man is the head of woman, woman is the heart of man, and she turns man's head bec….

Joy is not a feeling in us. Joy does not enter into us. We enter into joy: "Enter into the joy of your Lord" (Mt 25:21)..

Only God may be adored, because only God is unlimited goodness, truth, and beauty, and thus only God deserves unlimited love..

Christ is the Word of God in person. The Bible is the Word of God in writing. Both are the Word of God in the words of men. Both have a human nature ….

Agape's object is always the concrete individual, not some abstraction called humanity. Love of humanity is easy because humanity does not surprise y….

There are also two Christianities in the world today. There is (1) the Christianity of the New Testament, and there is (2) the Christianity of accomm….

You see, God just will not let us flunk out of His school of love. He insists on remedial lessons until we get it right. For this whole world is a sc….

A pure heart means a single heart, a heart in which only one desire lives: love..

Our life here on Earth has as its purpose precisely to prepare for our eternal happiness. This world is a large womb. It is a 'test' as all opportuni….

God gives us not only the truth but also the ability to believe it; not only the new thing to see but also the new eye to see it with..

In this deed is my hope, not in the mere timeless fact that God is love. I am saved not by the beautiful Trinitarian life of God but by the gory deat….

Faith and hope bring us through time but leave us at the doorstep of eternity. Only love goes with us inside..

Being a Christian is more like having your soul possessed by a spirit than having your mind clothed with new beliefs... It is like being haunted by t….

Everything smaller than Heaven bores us because only Heaven is bigger than our hearts..

Not all Tolkien haters are Orcs, but all Orcs are Tolkien haters..

How will the Tower of Babel be undone? How will we understand each other in Heaven? Will we all speak English or Dutch or Latin? No, we will speak mu….

To many moderns, [love] is something that is only a part of us rather than something of which we are a part..

Indifference is the only road that never gets to God..

Faith is not like bottled water but like rain. Its destiny is not just to be kept and held but to make something visible grow..

There is no scientific proof that only scientific proofs are good proofs; no way to prove by the scientific method that the scientific method is the ….

Whoever marries the spirit of the times must soon become a widower..