Tuesday, May 1, 2007

C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

We all want progress. But progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning, then to go forward does not get you any nearer. If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; and in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man.

[Book I, Chapter 5, "We Have Cause to Be Uneasy"]

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