You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it himself. (Quoted by C.S.Lewis in Mere Christianity)

Good souls many will one day be horrified at the things they now believe of God.

When I look like this into the blue sky, it seems so deep, so peaceful, so full of a mysterious tenderness, that I could lie for centuries and wait for the dawning of the face of God out of the awe-inspiring loving-kindness.

A fairytale is not an allegory. There may be allegory in it, but it is not an allegory.

Whose work is it but your own to open your eyes? But indeed the business of the universe is to make such a fool out of you that you will know yourself for one, and begin to be wise.

Cleverness is cheap. It is faith that He praises.

You must learn to be strong in the dark as well as in the day, else you will always be only half brave.