The Christians say that God has done miracles. The modern world, even when it believes in God, and even when it has see the defenselessness of nature, does not. It thinks God would not do that sort of thing.

In any fairly large and talkative community such as a university there is always the danger that those who think alike should gravitate together where they will henceforth encounter opposition only in the emasculated form of rumour that the outsiders say thus and thus. The absent are easily refuted, complacent dogmatism thrives, and differences of opinion are embittered by the group hostility. Each group hears not the best, but the worst, that the other group can say.

I think He made one law of that kind in order that there might be obedience. In all these other matters what you call obeying Him is but doing what seems good in your own eyes also. Is love content with that?

The typical expression of opening Friendship would be something like, 'What? You too? I thought I was the only one!

Chastity is the most unpopular of the Christian virtues.

Life isn't all fricasseed frogs and eel pie.

This was the very reason why you were brought to Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you may know me better there.