A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.

A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.

A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.

Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.

Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.

An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.

Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable.

Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

Who authored these quotes?

Comments:

I told you about being fird.Sylvia as you know that I am
kidding in my comment.

comment by fredo on July 10, 2008 4:20 PM ()

I know you're kiddingjust didn't understand!

reply by november on July 10, 2008 7:47 PM ()

comment by looserobes on July 10, 2008 11:34 AM ()

Great comment! Yes, I knew about Bach!

reply by november on July 10, 2008 2:48 PM ()

I did!I did! I did!had a chost writer to do this for me.
Think that his name was Robert Frost
Utoh going to get fired from Sylvia.But still love you girl.

comment by fredo on July 10, 2008 10:23 AM ()

Shame on you, fredo - these quotes are by C.S. Lewis... What do you mean by your last comment?

reply by november on July 10, 2008 2:49 PM ()