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[Wikipedia] Clive Staples Lewis was a British author, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Magdalen College, Oxford (1925–1954), and Magdalene College, Cambridge (1954–1963). He is best known as the author of The Chronicles of Narnia, but he is a

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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 mind. Appears
• Many things have gone wrong with the world that God made and... God insists, and insists very loudly, on our putting them right again God
• I became my own only when I gave myself to Another. Became
• Men propound mathematical theorems in besieged cities, conduct metaphysical arguments in condemned cells, make jokes on the scaffold, discuss a new poem while advancing to… Advancing
• I enjoyed my breakfast this morning, and I think that was a good thing and do not think it was condemned by God. But I… Breakfast
• Temperance referred not abstaining, but going the right length and no further...of course it may be the duty of a particular Christian, or any Christian,… Abstain
• We must perpetually try to distinguish, however closely they get entwined by the subtle nature of the facts and by the secret importunity of our… Annoy
• To be ignorant and simple now-not to be able to meet the enemies on their own ground-would be to throw down our weapons and to… Able
• We have to be continually reminded of what we believe. Believe
• Naturally, since I myself am a writer, I do not wish the ordinary reader to read no modern books. But if he must read only… Advise
• God can show Himself as He really is only to real men. And that means not simply to men who are individually good, but to… Band
• I have seen landscapes . . . which, under a particular light, make me feel that at any moment a giant might raise his head… Any
• The fact that our heart yearns for something Earth can't supply is proof that Heaven must be our home. Earth
• Once you were a child. Once you knew what inquiry was for. There was a time when you asked questions because you wanted answers, and… Answers
• Repentance is not something God demands of you before He will take you back and which He could let you off if He chose; it… Chose
• I felt in my bones that this universe does not explain itself. Bones
• You never know what you can do until you try, and very few try unless they have to. Few
• Watchin' and listenin' is the thing at present; not talking. Funny
• Meaningless combinations of words do not suddenly acquire meaning simply because we prefix to them the two other words ' God can'. Acquire
• God is love, and that love works through men-especially through the whole community of Christians. Christian

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