Luther and Lewis

This, then, is the first work of God—that He is merciful to all who are ready to do without their own opinion, right, wisdom, and all spiritual goods, and willing to be poor in spirit. These are the ones who truly fear God, who count themselves not worthy of anything, be it ever so small, and are glad to be naked and bare before God and man; who ascribe whatever they have to His pure grace, bestowed on the unworthy.—Martin Luther, Magnificat, AE 21:339

They [our first parents] wanted, as we say, to ‘call their souls their own’. But that means to live a lie, for our souls are not, in fact, our own. They wanted some corner of the universe of which they could say to God, ‘This is our business, not yours.’ But there is no such corner.—C. S. Lewis, Business of Heaven, p. 239.