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

You would not call a man humane for ceasing to set mousetraps if he did so because he believed there were no mice in the house.

Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time.

The world was made partly that there may be prayer; partly that our prayers might be answered.

By gum,' said Digory, 'Don't I just wish I was big enough to punch your head!

For most of us the prayer in Gethsemane is the only model. Removing mountains can wait.

Sainthood lies in the habit of referring the smallest actions to God.