'But what of the poor Ghosts who never get into the omnibus at all?' ' Everyone who wishes it does. Never fear. There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, in the end, 'Thy will be done.' All that are in Hell choose it. ... No soul that seriously and constantly desires joy will ever miss it. Those who seek find. To those who knock, it is opened.'

'I wish I had never been born,' she said. 'What are we born for?' 'For infinite happiness,' said the Spirit. 'You can step out into it at any moment...'

[Mortals] say of some temporal suffering, 'No future bliss can make up for it,' not knowing Heaven, once attained, will work backwards and turn even that agony…

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'Thy will be done.'

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'

He whom God has touched will always be a being apart: he is, whatever he may do, a stranger among men; he is marked by a sign.

The priests say that God created our souls, and that just puts us under the control of another puppeteer. If God created our will, then he's responsible for ev…