As the king governs by his executive, so Reason in man must rule the mere appetites by means of the 'spirited element.'

A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said wouldn't be a great moral teacher. He'd be either a lunatic on a level with a man who says he's a poached egg or else he'd be the devil of hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse.

It is a happy moment when our desire crosses with the will of Heavenly Father.

I am often, I believe, praying for others when I should be doing things for them. It's so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see him.

Of course it should be pointed out that, though all salvation is through Jesus, we need not conclude that he cannot save those who have not explicitly accepted him in this life.

The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.

Well,' said Ransom, 'if it is a delusion, it's a pretty stubborn one.