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- No, I don’t wish I knew Heaven was like the picture in my Great Divorce, because, if we knew that, we should know it was…
- In the ancient world individuals have sold themselves as slaves, in order to eat. So in society. Here is a witch-doctor who can save us…
- What assurance have we that our masters will or can keep the promise which induced us to sell ourselves? Let us not be deceived by…
- Our souls demand Purgatory, don't they? Would it not break the heart if God said to us, It is true, my son, that your breath…
- I do not doubt that if the Paradisal man could now appear among us, we should regard him as an utter savage, a creature to…
- Morality is a mountain which we cannot climb by our own efforts; and if we could we should only perish in the ice and unbreathable…
- The return from the walk, and the arrival of tea, should be exactly coincident, and not later than a quarter past four.
- The ancient man approached God (or even the gods)as the accused person approaches his judge. For the modern man the roles are reversed. He is…
- Here, I think, lies our real dilemma. Probably we cannot, certainly we shall not, retrace our steps. We are tamed animals (some with kind, some…
- A perfect practice of Christianity would, of course, consist in a perfect imitation of the life of Christ -- I mean, in so far as…
- Christianity seems at first to be all about morality, all about duties and rules and guilt and virtue, yet it leads you on, out of…
- Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
- If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light…
- Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable.
- Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning...
- Why should your majesty think it? My own plans are made. While I may, I sail East in Dawn Treader. When she fails me, I…
- Need-love says of a woman, "I cannot live without her"; Gift-love longs to give her happiness, comfort, protection...appreciative love gazes and holds its breath and…
- I was the lion who forced you to join with Aravis. I was the cat who comforted you among the houses of the dead. I…
- Jewel,' he said, 'what lies before us? Horrible thoughts arise in my heart. If we had died before today we should have been happy.
- When the time comes to you at which you will be forced at last to utter the speech which has lain at the center of…
- She remembered, as every sensible person does, that you should never never shut yourself up in a wardrobe.
- Kindness consents very readily to the removal of its object – we have all met people whose kindness to animals is constantly leading them to…
- First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear…
- Christianity does not want us to reduce by one atom the hatred we feel for cruelty and treachery. We ought to hate them. Not one…
- My own view is that the Churches should frankly recognise that the majority of the British people are not Christians and, therefore, cannot be expected…
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- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I… — J. J. Abrams
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator… — Aristotle
- It's our hearts and brains that we should exercise more often. You can put on all the makeup you want, but it… — Kevyn Aucoin
- The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. — Jose Maria Aznar
- I would not suggest the U.S. should sit down with the North Koreans bilaterally immediately after they've fired missiles - because the… — Richard Armitage
- It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then. — Richard Armour
- I'm substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House… — Neil Armstrong
- That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed… — Timothy Garton Ash
- The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. — Bella Abzug
- If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the… — Arthur Ashe