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There is a paradox about tribulation in Christianity. Blessed are the poor, but by judgement (i.e., social justice) and — C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
this is a book about something — C.S. Lewis, The Magician's Nephew
In great literature, I become a thousand different men but still remain myself. — C.S. Lewis, An Experiment in Criticism
Children have one kind of silliness, as you know, and grown-ups have another kind. — C.S. Lewis
A concentrated mind and a sitting body make for better prayer than a kneeling body and a mind half asleep. — C.S. Lewis, Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer
We are bidden to 'put on Christ', to become like God. That is, whether we like it or not, God intends to give us what we — C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
It is not simply that God has arbitrarily made us such that He is our only good. Rather God is the only good of all crea — C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
In conversion, God interferes with out lives. We relinquish autonomy. If we find the gospel message to be true, we need — Gregory S. Cootsona, C. S. Lewis and the Crisis of a Christian
God creates us free, free to be selfish, but He adds a mechanism that will penetrate our selfishness and wake us up to t — William Nicholson, Shadowlands
When Christianity says that God loves man it means that God LOVES man: not that He has some 'disinterested'; because rea — C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
It is for people we care nothing about that we demand happiness on any terms: with our friends, our lovers, our children — C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
(Of the main character seeing a new world for the first time.) The air was cold but not bitterly so, and it seemed a bit — C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet
Nobody can always have devout feelings: and even if we could, feelings are not what God principally cares about. — C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
Feelings come and go, and when they come a good use can be made of them, but they cannot be our regular spiritual diet. — C.S. Lewis
He concluded in the last scene that we are given two choices in life. We can allow ourselves to love and care for others — James C. Dobson, Life on the Edge: A Young Adult's Guide to a Meaningful Future
When we talk today about receptiveness to stories, we tend to contrast that attitude to one governed by reason - we talk — Alan Jacobs, The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C.S. Lewis
I know,” said Peter. “Perhaps better than anyone. But you can’t stay a child forever. To choose to speak into Echo’s Wel — James A. Owen, The Search for the Red Dragon
Love is the great conqueror of lust. — C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
In the same way a Christian is not a man who never goes wrong, but a man is enabled to repent and pick himself up and be — C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
Of Course God does not consider you hopeless. If He did, He would not be moving you to seek Him (and He obviously is)... — C.S. Lewis, Letters of C. S. Lewis