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

Agnostics talk cheerfully of man's search for God but they might as well talk about the mouse's search for the cat.

The proper rewards are not simply tacked on to the activity for which they are given, but are the activity itself in consummation.

If the immutable heart can be grieved by the puppets of its own making, it is Divine Omnipotence, no other, that has subjected it, freely, and in a humility that passes understanding. If the world exists not chiefly that we may love God, but that God may love us, yet that very fact, on a deeper level, is so for our sakes. If He who in Himself can lack nothing chooses to need us, it is because we need to be needed.

If things are real, they're there all the time.

The proper motto is not Be good, sweet maid, and let who can be clever, but Be good sweet maid, and don't forget that this involves being as clever as you can. God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than any other slackers.

Sainthood lies in the habit of referring the smallest actions to God.