“The first man to see an illusion by which men have flourished for centuries surely stands in a lonely place.”
“As down the centuries, a few men stand in lonely rectitude that we may look and say, there is a human race behind us.”
“Even a good place gets to be a rut, especially if you're standing in it alone... Alone and lonely have the same root.”
“No society can surely be flourishing and happy of which by far the greater part of the numbers are poor and miserable. ”
“It should not be possible for Christians to be disillusioned. We should have no illusions in the first place. Our faith is in Jesus Christ alone.”
“Yes, you have been away a very long time.' 'Oh, centuries and centuries; so long,' she said, 'that I'm sure I'm dead and buried and this dear old place is heaven.”