If conversion makes no improvements in a man's outward actions then I think his 'conversion' was largely imaginary.
C. S. LewisOn the whole, Godโs love for us is a much safer subject to think about than our love for Him. Nobody can always have devout feelings: and even if we could, feelings are not what God principally cares about. Christian Love, either towards God or towards man, is an affair of the will.
C. S. LewisWell, sir, if things are real, theyโre there all the time." "Are they?" said the Professor; and Peter did not quite know what to say.
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