Heaven is reality itself. All that is fully real is Heavenly. For all that can be shaken will be shaken and only the unshakeable remains.

A sum can be put right: but only by going back till you find the error and working it afresh from that point, never by simply going on.

Friendship is the instrument by which God reveals to each of us the beauties of others.

A moderated religion is as good for us as no religion at all—and more amusing.

Well, you know how it feels if you begin hoping for something that you want desperately badly; you almost fight against the hope because it is too good to be true; you've been disappointed so often before.

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

If there's anyone who can appear before Aslan without their knees knocking, they're either braver than most, or else just silly.