The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.

Quote by C S Lewis

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A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to...

A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to...

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say infinitely when you mean very;...

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say infinitely when you mean very;...

Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.

Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.

Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.

Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.

Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be...

Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be...

Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.

Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is...

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is...

Lets pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.

Lets pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.

The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some...

The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some...

There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles...

There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles...

Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.

Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.

Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.

Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.

Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There...

Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There...

Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done...

Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done...

Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies...

Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies...

We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an...

We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an...

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.

Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact...

Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact...

Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the...

Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the...

What we call Mans power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by...

What we call Mans power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by...