Robert Hugh Benson

"Every man may err, but not the whole gathered together; for the whole hath a promise, but so hath not every particular man."

"Speak from your heart...Be bold, yet not overbold."

"The Cross is the symbol of absolutely endless expansion; it is never content; it points for ever and ever to four indefinitely receding points."

"Remorse is easy enough, but repentance means love; and a soul that has lost her Lover has lost her own power of loving."

"The man who says, Unless I feel, I will not believe, is as narrow and foolish as the man who says, Unless I understand, I will not believe."

"Religion...must at least touch the will; for however small our will may be, it is always large enough to be united to the Will of God."

"To each soul Christ comes, all trusting as a friend, and in each soul He is betrayed over and over again."

"Divine Truth always must be extreme—it must, so to speak, always overlap at both ends, just because it is Divine, and therefore much too big for this world."

"We all win from God exactly what we deserve. We all get from God exactly what we really want of Him."

"Humility, obedience, simplicity — these are the virtues on which the Divine Friendship, as well as mere human friendships, alone can thrive."

"Man’s highest life does not consist in self-expression, but in self-sacrifice."

"Each soul is as great as the world, and in each soul there is room for all the tragedies of the world to be re-enacted, as every puddle is great enough to hold the sun."