The higher the stakes, the greater the temptation to lose your temper.

Don't you mind," said Puddleglum. "There are no accidents. Our guide is Aslan; and he was there when the giant king caused the letters to be cut, and he knew already all things that would come of them; including this.

The present is the only time in which any duty may be done or grace received.

Human culture has always had to exist under the shadow of something infinitely more important than itself. If men had postponed the search for knowledge and beauty until they were secure, the search would never have begun.

I was wondering — I mean — could there be some mistake? Because nobody called me and Scrubb, you know. It was we who asked to come here. You would not have called me unless I had been calling you.

If we are any good we must always be working towards the moment at which our Pupils are fit to become our Critics & Rivals

Consciousness is either inexplicable illusion, or else revelation.