To make Christianity a private affair while banishing all privacy is to relegate it to the rainbow's end or the Greek Calends.
C. S. LewisIn justifying cruelty to animals we put ourselves also on the animal level. We choose the jungle and must abide by our choice.
C. S. LewisMorality, like numinous awe, is a jump; in it, man goes beyond anything that can be 'given' in the facts of experience.
C. S. LewisAnd above all, you must be asking which door is the true one; not which pleases you best by its paint and panellingโฆthe question should never be: โDo I like that kind of service?โ but โAre these doctrines true: Is holiness there? Does my conscience move me towards this? Is my reluctance to move to this door due to my pride, or my mere taste, or my personal dislike for this particular door-keeper?
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