Well,' said Ransom, 'if it is a delusion, it's a pretty stubborn one.

Enemy-occupied territory---that is what this world is. Christianity is the story of how the rightful king has landed, you might say landed in disguise, and is calling us to take part in a great campaign of sabotage.

If naturalism were true then all thoughts whatever would be wholly the result of irrational causes. It cuts its own throat.

If you had felt yourself sufficient, it would have been a proof that you were not.

Give up yourself, and you will find your real self. Lose your life and you will save it.

Christian principles are, admittedly, stricter than the others; but then we think you will get help towards obeying them which you will not get towards obeying the others.

God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons that we could learn in no other way.