In the same way a Christian is not a man who never goes wrong, but a man is enabled to repent and pick himself up and begin over again after each stumble--because the Christ-life is inside him, repairing him all the time, enabling him to repeat (in some degree) the kind of voluntary death which Christ Himself carried out." - Mere Christianity

Tribulations cannot cease until God either sees us remade or sees that our remaking is now hopeless.

But one of the worst results of being a slave and being forced to do things is that when there is no one to force you any more you find you have almost lost the power of forcing yourself.

Once in our world, a Stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world.

When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind.

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare.