Quotes about Reflection

Christians," as that crusty old philosopher Bertrand Russell used to quip, "would sooner die than think—in fact they do.

There is no problem with the wider culture that you cannot see in the spades in the Christian Church. The rot is in us, and not simple out there. And Christians are making a great mistake by turning everything into culture wars. It's a much deeper crisis.

Culturally, one of the best arguments we can make is, wait and see.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.

To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well worth remembering from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Life imitates art more than art imitates life.

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often as we please.

I have never met the man I could despair of after discerning what lies in me apart from the grace of God.