Cost Quotes by C. S. Lewis

10 Cost quotes by C. S. Lewis

Lewis reflects on the price of decisions in a compact set of ten reflections. These lines provide a quick glimpse into his moral reasoning about sacrifice.

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Nothing is more likely to destroy a species or a nation than a determination to survive at all costs

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It costs God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost Him crucifixion.

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God's love is not wearied by our sins & is relentless in its determination that we be cured at whatever cost to…

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The most dangerous thing you can do is to take any one impulse of your own nature and set it up as…

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But the great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come and go, His love for us does not. It is…

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The Life-Force is a sort of tame God. You can switch it on when you want, but it will not bother you.…

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When we Christians behave badly, or fail to behave well, we are making Christianity unbelievable to the outside world. The wartime posters…

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The most dangerous thing you can do is to take any one impulse of your own nature and set it up as…

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The action of Pity leaps quicker than light from the highest place to the lowest to bring healing and joy, whatever the…

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In the long run the answer to all those who object to the doctrine of hell, is itself a question: What are…

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If a man is going to write on chemistry, he learns chemistry. The same is true of Christianity.

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The first fact in the history of Christendom is a number of people who say they have seen the Resurrection.

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I#pray because the need flows out of me all the time-walking and sleeping. It does not change # God - it changes me.

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Are the gods not just?' 'Oh no, child. What would become us us if they were?

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Love is more than an emotion, it is a decision.

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