Most of us, I suppose, have a secret country but for most of us it is only an imaginary country. Edmund and Lucy were luckier than other people in that respect.

The promise, made when I am in love, to be true to the beloved as long as I live, commits me to being true even if I cease to be in love.

Though I do not believe that my desire for Paradise proves that I shall enjoy it, I think it a pretty good indication that such a thing exists and that some men will.

When I have learned to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now.

True humility is more like self-forgetfulness than false modesty.

The Psalmists in telling everyone to praise God are doing what all men do when they speak of what they care about.

Reality, in fact, is always something you couldn't have guessed. That's one of the reasons I believe Christianity. It's a religion you couldn't have guessed.