Screwtape Letters Quotes

Suspicion often creates what it suspects.

It is always the novice who exaggerates.

The humans live in time but our Enemy (God) destines them for eternity.

All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be. This is elementary

When they have really learned to love their neighbours as themselves, they will be allowed to love themselves as their neighbours.

For the Present is the point at which time touches eternity.

He wants them to learn to walk and must therefore take away His hand.

There is wishful thinking in Hell as well as on Earth.

Prosperity knits a man to the world.

A moderated religion is as good for us as no religion at all—and more amusing.

I now see that I spent most of my life in doing neither what I ought nor what I liked.

Pilate was merciful till it became risky.

Whenever all men are...hastening to be slaves or tyrants we make Liberalism the prime bogey.