Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one--the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts,...Your affectionate uncle, Screwtape.

I gave in, and admitted that God was God.

There are two kinds of people those who say to God, Thy will be done, and those to whom God says, All right, then, have it your way.

I find that all my thoughts circle around God like the planets around the sun, and are irresistibly attracted to him. I would feel like to be the grossest sin if I were to oppose any resistance to this force

No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.

Resistance causes pain and lethargy. It is when we practice acceptance that new possibilities appear.

Be God or let God.

Middle age is when you have a choice of two temptations and choose the one that will get you home earlier.

The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he.

Many a sin has sullied me in body and in soul because I did not restrain my thoughts nor guard my lips: nevertheless it is to Thee, O God of majesty and love, that I turn in my extremity, for Thou art the fount of mercy; to Thee, as quickly as I may, I speed: for Thou alone canst heal me; I take refuge under Thy protection.

It is my conviction that the root of evil is the want of a living God.

We are on God's side. This is not a war between Arabs and Jews. It's a war between God and the devil.