Author Topic: ~ C. S. Lewis Quotes ~ (Read 13130 times)

MysteRy · « **Reply #60 on:** February 02, 2014, 11:47:53 AM »

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one!'

MysteRy · « **Reply #61 on:** February 02, 2014, 11:48:40 AM »

The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour whatever he does whoever he is.

MysteRy · « **Reply #62 on:** February 02, 2014, 11:49:32 AM »

The Psalmists in telling everyone to praise God are doing what all men do when they speak of what they care about.

MysteRy · « **Reply #63 on:** February 02, 2014, 11:50:56 AM »

The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour whatever he does whoever he is.

MysteRy · « **Reply #64 on:** February 02, 2014, 11:51:36 AM »

Critics who treat 'adult' as a term of approval instead of as a merely descriptive term cannot be adult themselves.

MysteRy · « **Reply #65 on:** February 02, 2014, 11:52:11 AM »

Many things--such as loving going to sleep or behaving unaffectedly--are done worst when we try hardest to do them.

MysteRy · « **Reply #66 on:** February 02, 2014, 11:53:03 AM »

Morality like numinous awe is a jump; in it man goes beyond anything that can be 'given' in the facts of experience.

MysteRy · « **Reply #67 on:** February 02, 2014, 11:53:46 AM »

We regard God as an airman regards his parachute; it's there for emergencies but he hopes he'll never have to use it.

MysteRy · « **Reply #68 on:** February 02, 2014, 11:54:38 AM »

Love is not affectionate feeling but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.

MysteRy · « **Reply #69 on:** February 02, 2014, 11:55:21 AM »

No doubt those who really founded modern science were usually those whose love of truth exceeded their love of power.

MysteRy · « **Reply #70 on:** February 02, 2014, 11:56:09 AM »

There are no variations except for those who know a norm and no subtleties for those who have not grasped the obvious.

MysteRy · « **Reply #71 on:** February 02, 2014, 11:56:49 AM »

It is quite useless knocking at the door of heaven for earthly comfort. It's not the sort of comfort they supply there.

MysteRy · « **Reply #72 on:** February 02, 2014, 11:57:40 AM »

Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking and talking adult.

MysteRy · « **Reply #73 on:** February 02, 2014, 11:59:13 AM »

Regarding the debate about faith and works: It’s like asking which blade in a pair of scissors is most important.

MysteRy · « **Reply #74 on:** February 02, 2014, 12:00:38 PM »

The gap between those who worship different gods is not so wide as the gap between those who worship and those who don't.

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