The most deeply compelled action is also the freest action. By that I mean, no part of you is outside the action.

He that but looketh on a plate of ham and eggs to lust after it hath already committed breakfast with it in his heart

Ambition! We must be careful what we mean by it. If it means the desire to get ahead of other people - which is what I think it does mean - then it is bad. If it means simply wanting to do a thing well, then it is good. It isn't wrong for an actor to want to act his part as well as it can possibly be acted, but the wish to have his name in bigger type than the other actors is a bad one.

Will the others see you too?" asked Lucy. "Certainly not at first," said Aslan. "Later on, it depends." "But they won’t believe me!" said Lucy. "It doesn’t matter.

You may forget that you are at every moment totally dependent on God.

What we called love down there was mostly the craving to be loved. In the main I loved you for my own sake: because I needed you...We shall have no need for one another now: we can begin to love truly.

Those of us who are blamed when old for reading childish books were blamed when children for reading books too old for us.