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Human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to behave in a certain way, and can't really get rid of it.

The Case for Christianity

Disobedience to conscience is voluntary; bad poetry, on the other hand, is usually not made on purpose.

A Preface to Paradise Lost

The heart never takes the place of the head: but it can, and should, obey it. As the king governs by his executive, so Reason in man must rule the mere appetites by means of the 'spirited element.'

The Abolition of Man

Unless Christianity is wholly false, the perception of ourselves which we have in moments of shame must be the only true one.

The Problem of Pain

C S Lewis 1

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment". "God in the Dock". Book by C. S. Lewis, 1970

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Theocracy is the worst of all governments. If we must have a tyrant, a robber baron is far better than an inquisitor. The baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity at some point be sated; and since he dimly knows he is doing wrong he may possibly repent. But the inquisitor who mistakes his own cruelty and lust of power and fear for the voice of Heaven will torment us infinitely because he torments us with the approval of his own conscience and his better impulses appear to him as temptations.

"A Reply to Professor Haldane (1946)". "Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories". Book by C. S. Lewis, 1966.