An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.

Digory never spoke on the way back, and the others were shy of speaking to him. He was very sad and he wasn't even sure all the time that he had done the right thing; but whenever he remembered the shining tears in Aslan's eyes he became sure.

As long as he doesn't convert it into action, it does not matter how much a man thinks about his repentance.

The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time. God became Man for no other purpose.

A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.

If we accept Heaven we shall not be able to retain even the smallest and most intimate souvenirs of Hell.

Don't let your happiness depend on something you may lose.