Those that hate goodness are sometimes nearer than those that know nothing at all about it and think they have it. - C. S. Lewis

"I have come," said a deep voice behind them. They turned and saw the Lion himself, so bright and real and strong that everything else began at once to look pale and shadowy compared with him.

In religion, as in war and everything else, comfort is the one thing you cannot get by looking for it. If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end: if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth — only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin with and, in the end, despair.

The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning.