We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.

Quote by C S Lewis

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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...

Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.

Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.

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

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

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate...

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate...

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...

The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot,...

The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot,...

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...

You cant get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to...

You cant get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to...

Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith...

Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith...

It's so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see one.

It's so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see one.

If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are...

If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are...

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...

A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of...

A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of...

hat saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.

hat saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.

Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written...

Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written...

Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you...

Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you...

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...

If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it...

If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it...

If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it...

If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it...

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.