“You are guilty of no evil, Ransom of Thulcandra, except a little fearfulness. For that, the journey you go on is your pain, and perhaps your cure: for you must be either mad or brave before it is ended.”
― Out of the Silent Planet
― Out of the Silent Planet
“How monotonously alike all the great tyrants and conquerors have been; how gloriously different are the saints.”
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“Those who are enjoying something, or suffering something, together, are companions. Those who enjoy or suffer one another, are not.”
― That Hideous Strength
― That Hideous Strength
“In short, contrary to the founders—and in ways they do not realize themselves—Americans today are heedlessly pursuing a vision of freedom that is short-lived and suicidal. Once again, freedom without virtue, leadership without character, business without trust, law without customs, education without meaning and medicine, science and technology without human considerations can end only in disaster.”
― A Free People's Suicide: Sustainable Freedom and the American Future
― A Free People's Suicide: Sustainable Freedom and the American Future
“Logic!" said the Professor half to himself. "Why don't they teach logic at these schools? There are only three possibilities. Either your sister is telling lies, or she is mad, or she is
telling the truth. You know she doesn't tell lies and it is obvious that she is not mad. For the moment then and unless any further evidence turns up, we must assume that she is telling the truth.”
― The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
telling the truth. You know she doesn't tell lies and it is obvious that she is not mad. For the moment then and unless any further evidence turns up, we must assume that she is telling the truth.”
― The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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