Education is only the most fully conscious of the channels whereby each generation influences the next.

The longer we stay in Hell, the more we become attached to it.

A voice had begun to sing. It was very far away and Digory found it hard to decide from what direction it was coming. Sometimes it seemed to come from all directions at once. Sometimes he almost thought it was coming out of the earth beneath them. Its lower notes were deep enough to be the voice of the earth herself. There were no words. It was hardly a tune. But it was beyond comparison, the most beautiful sound he had ever heard.

When all the suns and nebulae have passed away, each one of you will still be alive.

A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest." He also said: "No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally - and often far more - worth reading at the age of 50 and beyond.

Perfect humility dispenses with modesty.

So many things--nay every real thing--is good if only it will be humble and ordinate.