“Too many people in their marriages, families, and friendships try to build koinonia fellowship on the foundation of lying. They want peace, and so they will make peace by apologizing when they don’t think they need to, or they will give a soft answer when a straight answer was requested. Don’t lie for the sake of a superficial peace.”

Keep Your Kids, p. 22

“If you are going to run a marathon, you don’t get ready for it by running around the block the day before.”

Mere Christendom, p. 30

“We have forgotten that liberty must be understood in terms of durable goods.”

Mere Christendom, p. 26

“You can’t ask someone if you have a short temper and then blow up (or stop talking to them for six months) if they say yes.”

Keep Your Kids, p. 21

“Where do I get the authority to relegate the mighty ones who pass our tax laws (in their august and solemn assemblies) to the status of those who say arrrgh, and who have a parrot on their shoulders.”

Mere Christendom, p. 25

“Too many Christians have adopted a foolish approach to automotive maintenance. ‘Don’t lift the hood if you don’t want to know.’ That’s not the way to go. It means you’re not trying to deal with the problem until it’s desperate. There are a lot of problems that can be corrected with minimal intervention—but if you put it off, put it off, put it off, then the engine freezes and everything blows up. Just change the oil now, and this won’t happen.”

Keep Your Kids, pp. 19-20