Believing things on authority only means believing them because you have been told them by someone you think trustworthy. Ninety-nine per cent of the things you believe are believed on authority... Every historical event in the world is believed on authority. None of us has seen the Norman Conquest or the defeat of the Armada.

When we are such as He can love without impediment, we shall in fact be happy.

Even in this world of course it is the stupidest children who are most childish and the stupidest grown-ups who are most grown-up.

Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else.

The gap between those who worship different gods is not so wide as the gap between those who worship and those who don't.

I object to that remark very strongly! - The Magician's Nephew

A thing may be morally neutral and yet the desire for that thing may be dangerous.