C.S. Lewis — "I am not a well-read man, but a man who has read a few books well."

"The problem of pain, when it is not a problem of the intellect, is a problem of the will."

"I am a democrat [believer in democracy] because I believe in the Fall of Man. I think most people are democrats for the opposite reason."

"The safest road to Hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts."

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive."

"The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil."