"Unless thought is valid we have no..." - Quote by C S Lewis

“Naturally, since I myself am a writer, I do not wish the ordinary reader to read no modern books. But if he must read only the new or only the old, I would advise him to read the old.”

“I am a product [...of] endless books.”

“The story does what no theorem can quite do. It may not be "like real life" in the superficial sense: but it sets before us an image of what reality may well be like at some more central region.”

“As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.”

“I find that when I've seen a certain number of people my mind becomes like an old match box -- the part one strikes on, I mean.”

“Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control. Its presence is an indication of ripened experience, and of a more than ordinary knowledge of the laws and operations of thought.”

“For nothing is more democratic than logic; it is no respecter of persons and makes no distinction between crooked and straight noses.”

“The light dove, cleaving the air in her free flight, and feeling its resistance, might imagine that its flight would be still easier in empty space.”

“A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is noble.”