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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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...

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...

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...

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.

I sometimes wander whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

I sometimes wander whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be...

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be...

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...

We are what we believe we are.

We are what we believe we are.

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...

You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to...

You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to...

Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.

Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.

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

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

Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the...

Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the...

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...

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.

What you see and hear depends a great deal on where you are standing; it...

What you see and hear depends a great deal on where you are standing; it...

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...

We all want progress, but if youre on the wrong road, progress means doing an...

We all want progress, but if youre on the wrong road, progress means doing an...

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather...

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather...

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.