Aaron Will > Aaron's Quotes

“But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
― Khaled Hosseini

“We have a right to believe whatever we want, but not everything we believe is right.”
― Ravi Zacharias

“For you will certainly carry out God's purpose, however you act, but it makes a difference to you whether you serve like Judas or like John.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

“The modern habit of saying "This is my opinion, but I may be wrong" is entirely irrational. If I say that it may be wrong, I say that is not my opinion. The modern habit of saying "Every man has a different philosophy; this is my philosophy and it suits me" – the habit of saying this is mere weak-mindedness. A cosmic philosophy is not constructed to fit a man; a cosmic philosophy is constructed to fit a cosmos. A man can no more possess a private religion than he can possess a private sun and moon.”
― G.K. Chesterton

“People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.”
― Blaise Pascal, De l'art de persuader

“When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”
― Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

“The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

“Do nothing that you would not like God to see. Say nothing you would not like God to hear. Write nothing you would not like God to read. Go no place where you would not like God to find you. Read no book of which you would not like God to say, "Show it to Me."
Never spend your time in such a way that you would not like to have God say, "What are you doing?”
― J.C. Ryle

“Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.”
― J.C. Ryle

“It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.”
― C.S. Lewis

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
― C.S. Lewis

“There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice.”
― John Calvin

“There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.”
― John Calvin

“Become the kind of person the kind of person you would like to marry would like to marry.”
― Douglas Wilson

“Visit many good books, but live in the Bible.”
― Charles Spurgeon

“Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.”
― W.C. Fields

“If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work. The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavorable. Favorable conditions never come.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.”
― Lloyd Alexander