A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.

You have gone into the Temple...and found Him, as always, there.

If we ignore it the truth that God is love may slyly come to mean for us the converse, that love is God.

For prayer is request. The essence of request, as distinct from compulsion, is that it may or may not be granted.

We may note in passing that He (Jesus) was never regarded as a mere moral teacher. He did not produce that effect on any of the people who actually met Him. He produced mainly three effects - Hatred - Terror - Adoration. There was no trace of people expressing mild admiration.

Peter, High King of Narnia," said Aslan. "Shut the Door.

God, in the end, gives people what they most want, including freedom from himself. What could be more fair?