No mind is so good that it does not need another mind to counter and equal it, and to save it from conceit and bigotry and folly

Digory never spoke on the way back, and the others were shy of speaking to him. He was very sad and he wasn't even sure all the time that he had done the right thing; but whenever he remembered the shining tears in Aslan's eyes he became sure.

When we want to be something other than the thing God wants us to be, we must be wanting what, in fact, will not make us happy.

A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.

Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done things. We had time.

Walking and talking are two very great pleasures, but it is a mistake to combine them. Our own noise blots out the sounds and silences of the outdoor world; and talking leads almost inevitably to smoking, and then farewell to nature as far as one of our senses is concerned. The only friend to walk with is one who so exactly shares your taste for each mood of the countryside that a glance, a halt, or at most a nudge, is enough to assure us that the pleasure is shared.

Through pride the devil became the devil. Pride leads to every vice, it's the complete anti-God state of mind.