The real test of being in the presence of God is, that you either forget about yourself altogether or see yourself as a small, dirty object.

Fancy sleeping on air. I wonder if anyone's done it before. I don't suppose they have. Oh, bother—-Scrubb probably has!

The story itself should force its moral upon you. You find out what the moral is by writing the story.

If the world is meaningless, then so are we; if we mean something, we do not mean alone.

Q. What is your view of the daily discipline of the Christian life - the need for taking time to be alone with God? Lewis: "We have our New Testament regimental orders upon the subject. I would take it for granted that everyone who becomes a Christian would undertake this practice. It is enjoined upon us by Our Lord; and since they are his commands, I believe in following them. It is always just possible that Jesus Christ meant what he said when He told us to seek the secret place and to close the door.

God is love, and that love works through men-especially through the whole community of Christians.

The only way to drive out bad culture is to create good culture. We need to recognize that artistic talent is a gift from the Lord - and that developing those talents is the only way to create good culture.