Some people probably think of the Resurrection as a desperate last moment expedient to save the Hero from a situation which had got out of the Author's control.
C. S. LewisLooking for God-or Heaven-by exploring space is like reading or seeing all Shakespeare's plays in the hope that you will find Shakespeare as one of the characters.
C. S. LewisLike a good chess player, Satan is always trying to maneuver you into a position where you can save your castle only by losing your bishop.
C. S. LewisIf our deepest desires cannot be satisfied in this world, then we must have been made for another world.
C. S. LewisCourage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means, at the point of highest reality. A chastity or honesty or mercy which yields to danger will be chaste or honest or merciful only on conditions. Pilate was merciful till it became risky.
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