But how can the characters in a play guess the plot? We are not the playwright, we are not the producer, we are not even the audience. We are on the stage. To play well the scenes in which we are "on" concerns us much more than to guess about the scenes that follow it.
C. S. LewisSafe?โ said Mr. Beaver; โdonโt you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? โCourse he isnโt safe. But heโs good. Heโs the King, I tell you.
C. S. LewisThrough pride the devil became the devil. Pride leads to every vice, it's the complete anti-God state of mind.
C. S. LewisIf you picture Time as a straight line along which we have to travel, then you must think of God as the whole page on which the line is drawn.
C. S. LewisGod has not been trying an experiment on my faith or love in order to find out their quality. He knew it already. It was I who didn't. In this trial He makes us occupy the dock, the witness box, and the bench all at once. He always knew that my temple was a house of cards. His only way of making me realize the fact was to knock it down.
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