For the power of Man to make himself what he pleases means... the power of some men to make other men what THEY please.
C. S. LewisIt is when we notice the dirt that God is most present in us; it is the very sign of His presence.
C. S. LewisAnd in that far distant day when the gods become wholly beautiful, or we at last are shown how beautiful they always were, this will happen more and more. For mortals, as you said, will become more and more jealous. And mother and wife and child and friend will all be in league to keep a soul from being united with the Divine Nature.
C. S. LewisIf we will not learn to eat the only food that the universe grows...then we must starve eternally.
C. S. LewisPerhaps civilization will never be safe until we care for something else more than we care for it. The hypothesis has certain facts to support it. As far as peace (which is one ingredient in our idea of civilization)is concerned, I think many would now agree that a foreign policy dominated by desire for peace is one of the many roads that lead to war.
C. S. Lewis