It is well to write love letters. There are certain things for which it is not easy to ask your mistress face to face, like money for instance.

If Christ were here now there is one thing he would not be - a Christian.

Once the people begin to reason, all is lost.

One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.

I was once thrown out of a mental hospital for depressing the other patients.

Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.

If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it.

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

MacDonald has the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount of thoughts.

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.