Life is a flame
that is always burning itself out,
but it catches fire again every time a child is born.

The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God

Life is no “brief candle” to me. It is a sort of  splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future  generations.

Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.

—George Bernard Shaw

I am for [Christianity]—and I only hope that some day we’ll give it a trial.

—Elbert Hubbard

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult, and left untried.

—G K Chesterton, What’s Wrong with the World, 1910

It has been said that Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult, and hence not tried.

—Elinor MacDonald, Your Greatest Power

You cannot learn to skate without being ridiculous.…The ice of life is slippery.

Fanny’s First Play: Introduction