“Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.”

Presenting education as the living continuity between generations · Prose book

• Childhood
• Memory

“The way to love anything is to realise that it might be lost.”

Suggesting that awareness of mortality can deepen love and gratitude · Prose work

• Love
• Mortality

“Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.”

A concise contrast between humility and the burdens of excessive self-importance · Prose book

• Joy
• Truth

“An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered.”

A playful revaluation of difficulty through attitude and imagination · Prose book

• Hope
• Joy

“The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.”

A defence of Christian ideals against the claim that they have failed in practice · Prose book

• Faith
• Truth