In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.Henry David Thoreau
Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by them.Henry David Thoreau
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.C. S. Lewis
The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.C. S. Lewis
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 safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.C. S. Lewis
