A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within. Ariel Durant
It is good a philosopher should remind himself, now and then, that he is a particle pontificating on infinity. Ariel Durant
I played baseball because I could make more money doing that than I could doing anything else. Bill Terry
A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.C. S. Lewis
The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.C. S. Lewis
Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.C. S. Lewis
