Every story of conversion is the story of a blessed defeat. - C. S. Lewis

The Value of myth is that it takes all the things you know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by the veil of familiarity.

If we insist on keeping Hell (or even earth) we shall not see Heaven: if we accept Heaven we shall not be able to retain even the smallest and most intimate souvenirs of Hell.

The victory of vivisection marks a great advance in the triumph of ruthless, non-moral utilitarianism over the old world of ethical law; a triumph in which we, as well as animals, are already the victims, and of which Dachau and Hiroshima mark the more recent achievements.