The fact that something is far-fetched is no reason why it should not — Celia Green

"Children need admiration rather than affection."

"The most exciting thing possible is actually true."

"The perception that existence exists invalidates the normal personality,as does the imminence of death."

"I have long had a theory that the popularity of Christianity has always depended on its appeal to the sadism of its adherents. The exceptional should be crucified, saith Society; and somehow everyone suspects (in spite of all arguments to the contrary) that if there is a God, he may be exceptional in some way. So the figure of Christ crucified becomes the figure of the dangerous exceptional alien—suitably defeated. Only a suffering God can help, said Bonhoeffer, licking his lips."

"On the face of it there is something rather strange about human psychology. Human beings live in a state of mind called sanity, on a small planet in space. They are not quite sure whether the space around them is infinite or not, either way it is unthinkable. If they think about time, they find that it is inconceivable that it had a beginning. It is also inconceivable that it did not have a beginning. Thoughts of this kind are not disturbing to sanity, which is obviously a remarkable phenomenon that deserves more recognition."

"In the universe there is room for an infinite series of beginnings."