And the seriousness with which the other party takes my words always raises the doubt whether I have taken them seriously enough myself.
C. S. LewisGratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.
C. S. LewisI gave up Christianity at about 14. Came back to it when getting on for 30. Not an emotional conversion; almost purely philosophical. I didn't want to. I'm not in the least a religious type. I want to be let alone, to feel I'm my own master; but since the facts seemed to be just the opposite, I had to give in.
C. S. LewisA society in which conjugal infidelity is tolerated must always be in the long run a society adverse to women.
C. S. LewisGod can show Himself as He really is only to real men. And that means not simply to men who are individually good, but to men who are united together in a body, loving one another, helping one another, showing Him to one another. For that is what God meant humanity to be like; like players in one band, or organs in one body.
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