The proper motto is not Be good, sweet maid, and let who can be clever, but Be good sweet maid, and dont forget that this involves being as clever as you can. God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than any other slackers. – C.S. Lewis
It is only when you are asked to believe in Reason coming from non-reason that you must cry Halt. Human minds. They do not come from nowhere. – C.S. Lewis
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art…. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. – C.S. Lewis
Our prayers for others flow more easily than those for ourselves. This shows we are made to live by charity. – C.S. Lewis
The first thing I think about when I wake up most mornings is the fact that Im tired. I have been tired for decades. I am tired in the morning and I am tired while becalmed in the slough of the afternoon, and I am tired in the evening, except right when I try to go to sleep. – Susan Orlean