Dark would be a word without meaning.”īook II, ch. edition / Wikimedia Commons 6) “If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. 4 5) “Some people talk as if meeting the gaze of absolute goodness would be fun. Is the Life-Force the greatest achievement of wishful thinking the world has yet seen?”īook I, ch. All the thrills of religion and none of the cost. You can switch it on when you want, but it will not bother you. 3 4) “The Life-Force is a sort of tame God. 2 3) “If we ask: ‘Why ought I to be unselfish?’ and you reply ‘Because it is good for society,’ we may then ask, ‘Why should I care what’s good for society except when it happens to pay me personally?’ and then you will have to say, ‘Because you ought to be unselfish’-which simply brings us back to where we started.”īook I, ch. You would not call a man humane for ceasing to set mousetraps if he did so because he believed there were no mice in the house.”īook I, ch. 1 2) “It may be a great advance in knowledge not to believe in witches: there is no moral advance in not executing them when you do not think they are there. You might just as well try to imagine a country where two and two made five.”īook I, ch. 1) “Think of a country where people were admired for running away in battle, or where a man felt proud of double-crossing all the people who had been kindest to him. If you’ve never read it, you’re missing out. Here are 26 of the best quotes quotes from what is arguably the best popular overview of Christianity of the twentieth century, his classic book Mere Christianity, almost one quote from each chapter (almost).
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