“This also is Thou; neither is this Thou.”

His favoured maxim for holding affirmation and denial together · Preface, The Descent of the Dove, 1939

• Balance
• Faith
• Mystery

“The strong hands of God twisted the crown of thorns into a crown of glory; and in such hands we are safe.”

Suffering remade rather than merely removed · Theological writing, commonly attributed

• Faith
• Hope
• Suffering

“Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven.”

Forgiveness fails when pride will not receive it · Essay collected in The Image of the City

• Forgiveness
• Pride
• Reconciliation