It is meritorious to insist on forms; religion and all else naturally clothes itself in forms. Everywhere the formed world is the only habitable one

Love is not a matter of getting what you want. Quite the contrary. The insistence on always having what you want, on always being satisfied, on always being fulfilled, makes love impossible.

I can’t understand it. The very name of the savior is in the name of the church. The New Testament is a fundamental scripture for us. I can’t understand why they take that position.

How often is not the prospect of future happiness thus sacrificed to one’s impatient insistence upon an immediate gratification.