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.

We who have been true readers all our life fully realize the enormous of our being which we owe to authors.

Much is expected from those to whom much is given.

All men alike stand condemned, not by alien codes of ethics, but by their own, and all men therefore are conscious of guilt.

If Christianity is untrue, then no honest man will want to believe it, however helpful it might be; if it is true, every honest man will want to believe it, even if it gives him no help at all

There ought to be things we should like to do and cannot do because our charitable expenditures excludes them.

I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn't any Narnia.