Mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step; for lasting passion is the dream of a harlot and from it we wake in despair.

It takes courage to live through suffering; and it takes honesty to observe it.

I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him.

If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work.

It would be nice and fairly nearly true, to say that 'from that time forth, Eustace was a different boy.' To be strictly accurate, he began to be a different boy. He had relapses. There were still many days when he could be very tiresome. But most of those I shall not notice. The cure had begun.

I believe that if a million chances were likely to do good, they would be given.

If you don't listen to theology, that won't mean you have no ideas about God, it will mean you have a lot of wrong ones.