"It is true, of course, that this command also says: Do this and do not do that. But in the mouth of God this means something different. Do this—not because an outer or inner voice now requires this of you, not because it must be so in virtue of any necessity rooted in the nature and structure of the cosmos or of man, but: Do this, because in so doing you make it true that your rejection has been rejected in the death of Jesus on the cross, that for His sake your sin has been forgiven. Do this, because in Jesus Christ you have been born anew in the image of God. Do it in the freedom to which you have been chosen and called, because in this freedom you may do this, and can do only this. For this, and not for any other reason, do this. You may do it. And: Do not do this—not because you hear an inner or outer voice which seeks to make it doubtful or dreadful for you, not because there is any power in heaven or on earth to prevent or spoil or for some reason forbid it. No, but: Do not do this, because it would be a continuation of the fall of Adam, because it would not correspond to the grace addressed to you but contradict it, because you would have to do it as the captive which you certainly are not, because you, the free person, are exempted from the necessity of doing it—really exempted by the fact that you have been made righteous and glorious in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, that you have actually been cut off by Him from this very possibility. This is how the command of God speaks."
- Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics

Here's two of my favorites:

When you look this good no one cares if you're plastic! -Barbie

Few women admit their age, fewer men act their age. (I saw this one at a store.)

And I believe what I believe/Is what makes me what I am/I did not make it/No it is making me/It is the very truth of God/Not the invention of any man

Rich Mullins "Creed"

People who bore one another should meet seldom; people who interest one another, often

C.S Lewis, The Four Loves

He has set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom what he has done from beginning to end

Ecclesiastes, The Bible

There is no room for Death/Nor atom that thy might could render void/Thou, thou art Being and Breath/And what thou art may never be destroyed

Emily Bronte

Mine is

"There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find ways in which you yourself have altered." - Nelson Mandela

I can't believe the amount of amazing quotes in here! It's like all the best bits of every book gathered together!

Lady Haleth, I love that Till We Have Faces quote. So profound!

The odd thing about people who had many books was how they always wanted more.

Patricia McKillip, The Bell at Sealey Head

There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending.

J.R.R. Tolkien

Fairytales are more than true, not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

G.K. Chesterton

An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered

G.K. Chesterton

Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.

Jane Austen

Enemy-occupied territory---that is what this world is. Christianity is the story of how the rightful king has landed, you might say landed in disguise, and is calling us to take part in a great campaign of sabotage.

C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

"Who are you?"
"Myself.
Myself.
Myself."

C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy

Life is a fight, and I like a good soldier

Louisa May Alcott, Jo's Boys

Tell me not in mournful numbers/Life is but an empty dream/For the heart is dead that slumbers/And things are not what they seem

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "A Psalm of Life"

I will hold beauty as a shield against despair

Elsie Robinson,"Beauty as a Shield"

Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.

C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory

An open mind, in questions that are not ultimate, is useful. But an open mind about the ultimate foundations either of Theoretical or Practical Reason is idiocy. If a man's mind is open on these things, let his mouth at least be shut. He can say nothing to the purpose.

C. S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man

To "see through" all things is the same as not to see.

C. S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man

Give up yourself, and you will find your real self. Lose your life and you will save it. Submit to death, death of your ambitions and favorite wishes every day and death of your whole body in the end; submit with every fibre of your being, and you will find eternal life. Keep back nothing. Nothing that you have not given away will be really yours. Nothing that has not died will ever be raised from the dead. Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in.

C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth.

The Bible, Job 19:25

I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.

The Bible, 2nd Samuel 24:24

If a man loudly blesses his neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.

The Bible, Proverbs 27:14

Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up, and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.

The Bible, Proverbs 31: 8-9

Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate...
[Costly] grace is costly because it calls us to follow, and it is grace because it calls us to follow Jesus Christ. It is costly because it costs a man his life, and it is grace because it gives a man the only true life. It is costly because it condemns sin, and grace because it justifies the sinner. Above all, it is costly because it cost God the life of his Son.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship

"By the forging of Gram cold iron was revealed; by the making of Pegasus horses were ennobled; in the Trees of the Sun and Moon root and stock, flower and fruit are manifested in glory."

J.R.R. Tolkien

"We could collect nuts!" - Pattertwig
"Yes, and throw them at the Telmarines! Shut Up!" - Reepicheep

"We could collect nuts!" - Pattertwig
"Yes, and throw them at the Telmarines! Shut Up!" - Reepicheep

Haha, I like that part Libb, really funny, hahahaha .

LOL @ Liberty Hoffman...that quote is awesome! It made me laugh the first time, and it still makes me crack up.

"They know everything on narniaweb." - Ben Barnes

so true.....

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience

Atticus Finch, To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee.
I love that.

"They know everything on narniaweb." - Ben Barnes

so true.....

whoa! where did he say this??

"We could collect nuts!" - Pattertwig
"Yes, and throw them at the Telmarines! Shut Up!" - Reepicheep

*goes into defensive friend mode* That is one of my least favorite parts of the movie. Pattertwig did not deserve that answer from Reepicheep. He didn't say anything wrong. *exits defensive friend mode*

I like that quote from To Kill a Mockingbird.

Large ditto from me, Pattertwigs Pal, about the movie Reep quote. After all, he was just trying to help. (I hasten to add that no offense is intended to those who do think it's funny.)

A choice pick of mine from Les Misérables, about probably my favourite character in that wondrous tale:

"[The Bishop of Digne] contemplated the grandeur, and the presence of God; the eternity of the future, strange mystery; the eternity of the past,
mystery yet more strange; all the infinities deep-hidden in every
direction about him; and, without essaying to comprehend the
incomprehensible, he saw it. He did not study God; he was dazzled by
the thought."

Also, from one of the most quotable people who ever lived (imho) ... CSL ... in Till We Have Faces.

"I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice? Only words, words; to be led out to battle against other words."

I suddenly realized after reading other responses, they have a point. Pattertwig really didn't deserve much because he was trying his best to help. But I've got to admit, it was kind of funny.