I hope, said the third, that your wanderings in lonely places do not mean that you have any of the romantic virus still in your blood. His name was M… - C. S. Lewis

When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place.

If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were just those who thought most of the next... It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this. Aim at Heaven and you will get earth "thrown in": aim at earth and you will get neither.

In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.