Sayings from Sayers

I was a fan of Dorothy L. Sayers ever since PBS broadcasted the Lord Peter Wimsey series starring Ian Carmichael back in the 70's. I've read and reread her mystery novels, but little did I know that she was also a writer of theology. 

Here are a few stellar quotes from A Matter of Eternity, a collection of Sayers' writings:

To complain that man measures God by his own experience is a waste of time; man measures everything by his own experience; he has no other yardstick.

A loose and sentimental theology begets loose and sentimental art forms.

We cannot after all, have it both ways. If all truths are period products, then our own standards offer no secure basis for passing judgement on those of former ages; if any truths have claims on universality, then every claim, old or new, requires to be examined on its merits. 

The proper question to be asked about any creed is not, "Is it pleasant?" but, "Is it true?"

What is repugnant to every human being is to be reckoned always as a member of a class and not as an individual person. 

Nothing is more cruel to the young than to tell them that the world is made for youth. 

I have never yet heard of any middle-aged man or woman who worked with his or her brains express any regret for the passing of youth. 

A Matter of Eternity: Selections From the Writings of Dorothy L. Sayers, Rosamond Kent Sprague, Eerdmans, 1973.