H. L. Mencken on theology

No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.

Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration⁠—courage, clear thinking, honesty, fairness, and, above all, love of the truth.

We must repsect the other fellow’s religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children are smart.

Love, while always forgiving of imperfections and mistakes, can never cease to will their removal.

C. S. Lewis1898–1963

• Forgiveness
• Love

Aim at Heaven and you will get Earth thrown in. Aim at Earth and you get neither.

C. S. Lewis1898–1963Mere Christianity (1952), Book III, Chapter 10, “Hope”

Other than heaven, the only place where one’s heart is completely safe from the dangers of love is hell.

C. S. Lewis1898–1963