And so for a time it looked as if all the adventures were coming to and end; but that was not to be.

If you ask why we should obey God, in the last resort the answer is, 'I am.' To know God is to know that our obedience is due to Him.

Those who would like the God of scripture to be more purely ethical, do not know what they ask.

No one returns from Christianity to the same state he was before Christianity but into a worse state: the difference between a pagan and an apostate is the difference between an unmarried woman and an adulteress. For faith perfects nature but faith lost corrupts nature. Therefore many men of our time have lost not only the supernatural light but also the natural light which pagans possessed.

The Christian and the Materialist hold different beliefs about the universe. They can't both be right. The one who is wrong will act in a way which simply doesn't fit the real universe. Consequently, with the best will in the world, he will be helping his fellow creatures to their destruction.

Golly,' said Edmund under his breath, 'He's a retired star.

I'm a beast, I am, and a Badger what's more. We don't change. We hold on.