The holier a man becomes, the more he mourns over the unholiness which remains in him.

Without sin, the universe is a Solemn Game: and there is no good game without rules.

Q. What is your view of the daily discipline of the Christian life - the need for taking time to be alone with God? Lewis: "We have our New Testament regimental orders upon the subject. I would take it for granted that everyone who becomes a Christian would undertake this practice. It is enjoined upon us by Our Lord; and since they are his commands, I believe in following them. It is always just possible that Jesus Christ meant what he said when He told us to seek the secret place and to close the door.

Democracy demands that little men should not take big ones too seriously; it dies when it is full of little men who think they are big themselves.

The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal.

If God is Love, He is, by definition, something more than mere kindness.

In a civilization like ours, I feel that everyone has to come to terms with the claims of Jesus Christ upon his life, or else be guilty of inattention or of evading the question.