If naturalism were true then all thoughts whatever would be wholly the result of irrational causes. It cuts its own throat.
C. S. LewisThe happiness which God designs for his higher creatures is the happiness of being freely, voluntarily united to him.
C. S. LewisBeloved," said the Glorious One, "unless thy desire had been for me thou wouldst not have sought so long and so truly. For all find what they truly seek.
C. S. LewisPride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man... It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest. Once the element of competition is gone, pride is gone.
C. S. LewisThere comes a moment when people who have been dabbling in religion ('man's search for God'!) suddenly draw back. Supposing we really found Him? We never meant it to come to that! Worse still, supposing He had found us?
C. S. LewisOnly those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is. ... We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it: and Christ, because He was the only man who never yielded to temptation, is also the only man who knows to the full what temptation meansโthe only complete realist.
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