Lewis is like a gateway, making the riches of Deep Church more accessible.

Lewis wanted us to understand that the inner world is shaped by stories.

Lewis created a new kind of marriage between theological reflection and poetic imagination.

Lewis had experienced more trauma than most of his modern readers ever will.

Lewis is a rare example of someone who liked to think about life's great questions because they were forced on him by his own experience.

Lewis at his best is about trying on ways of looking at the world.

Though argument does not create conviction, the lack of it destroys belief.

Christianity tells a big story. It allows us to see our own story in a new way.

A god that can be reduced to what reason can cope with is not a God that can be worshiped.

A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.

We don't want to conquer the cosmos, we simply want to extend the boundaries of Earth to the frontiers of the cosmos.

Just handle the books gently and you’ll get along fine.

In cities it is useless to look at the stars or to describe them, worship them, or seek direction from them. When lost, one should follow the tracks of the camels.

At one time I smoked, but in 1959 I couldn't think of anything else to give up for Lent so I stopped - and I haven't had a cigarette since.

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders.

He kissed each finger, and with each one of them spoken a word. Five kisses, five words. His last.

I think a guy who's had just the right amount of booze can sing the blues a hell of a lot better than a guy who is stone sober.

All roads lead to Wall Street, but we feel the effects of Wall Street on every street corner. Certainly in Syracuse, N.Y., where I live.

Joe Paterno left this world with a clear conscience.