No man who says, 'I'm as good as you,' believes it. He would not say it if he did.

God loves us NOT because we're lovable, because He is love. Not because He needs to receive, because He delights to give.

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.

Unless thought is valid we have no reason to believe in the real universe.

If nothing is self-evident, nothing can be proved. Similarly if nothing is obligatory for its own sake, nothing is obligatory at all.

Nothing can seem extraordinary until you have discovered what is ordinary.

Catch {a man} at the moment when he is really poor in spirit and smuggle into his mind the gratifying reflection, "By jove, I'm being humble," and almost immediately pride - pride at his own humility - will appear.