Every man who records his illusions is providing data for the genuinely scientific psychology which the world still waits for.

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life

it seemed to him as if he were beholding in a magic panorama a future where he himself was sliding into that pleasureless yielding to the small solicitations of circumstance, which is a commoner history of perdition than any single momentous bargain.

The devil tempts us not; 'tis we who tempt him, beckoning his skill with opportunity.

Our Founders always wondered about how long it would last. The price of liberty is everlasting vigilance. You've got to be on your guard every minute or you will lose it.

Temptation is the devil looking through the keyhole. Yielding is opening the door and inviting him in.

Give me chastity and continence, but not just now.

Attack is the reaction; I never think I have hit hard unless it rebounds.

We may well lie with what seems to be a woman of flesh and blood, and yet all the time it is only a devil in the shape of a woman.

But all the time our warmth and brilliance are right here. This is who we really are. We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake.

It is absolutely impossible at the same time to be a man of understanding and not to be ashamed to gratify the body.

Forgetfulness of God's grace is one of the greatest tools in the enemy's war against our souls.