Opposites Quotes by C. S. Lewis

8 Opposites quotes by C. S. Lewis

Lewis’s eight succinct lines invite you to consider how opposing ideas can coexist and enrich our moral imagination.

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One of the most dangerous errors is that civilization is automatically bound to increase and spread. The lesson of history is the…

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I gave up Christianity at about 14. Came back to it when getting on for 30. Not an emotional conversion; almost purely…

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When the opposite of your prayer occurs, your prayer hasn't been ignored; it's been considered & refused for your ultimate good.

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..(T)here are two opposite reasons for being a democrat. You may think all men so good that they deserve a share in…

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When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his…

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There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their…

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Satan always sends error into the world in pairs that are opposites. His great hope is that you will get so upset…

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The Opposite of Love is not hate, but power

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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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Ink is the great cure for all human ills.

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A man may have to die for our country: but no man must, in any exclusive sense, live for his country. He who surrenders…

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War creates no absolutely new situation: it simply aggravates the permanent human situation so that we can no longer ignore it. Human life has…

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