When you meet anything that's going to be human and isn't yet, or used to be human once and isn't now, or ought to be human and isn't, you keep your eyes on it and feel for your hatchet.

Quote by CS Lewis

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If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards...

If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards...

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.

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.

There, right in the midst of our lives, is that which satisfies the craving for...

There, right in the midst of our lives, is that which satisfies the craving for...

When we see the face of God we shall know that we have always known...

When we see the face of God we shall know that we have always known...

I am suffering incessant temptations to uncharitable thoughts at present; one of those black moods...

I am suffering incessant temptations to uncharitable thoughts at present; one of those black moods...

God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts...

God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts...

If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look...

If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look...

Every one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive.

Every one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive.

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because...

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because...

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You, too?...

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You, too?...

When once a man is launched on such an adventure as this, he must bid...

When once a man is launched on such an adventure as this, he must bid...

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too?...

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too?...

Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in...

Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in...

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.

I could well believe that it is God's intention, since we have refused milder remedies,...

I could well believe that it is God's intention, since we have refused milder remedies,...

And I've come to the - to the - to the place where I believe...

And I've come to the - to the - to the place where I believe...

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them

The pain is sometimes preferable to the treatment

The pain is sometimes preferable to the treatment

Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere

Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere