If anyone would like to acquire humility, the first step is to realize one is proud. Nothing can be done before it.

A voice had begun to sing. It was very far away and Digory found it hard to decide from what direction it was coming. Sometimes it seemed to come from all directions at once. Sometimes he almost thought it was coming out of the earth beneath them. Its lower notes were deep enough to be the voice of the earth herself. There were no words. It was hardly a tune. But it was beyond comparison, the most beautiful sound he had ever heard.

Thirst was made for water. Inquiry for truth.

There are no ordinary people.. it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit.

Never use abstract nouns when concrete ones will do. If you mean “More people died” don’t say “Mortality rose.

Most people don't need to be taught, they need only to be reminded

When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.