Desire Quote by C. S. Lewis Download Open image “Our desire is not only to SEE glory, but to participate in the glory we see.” — C. S. Lewis ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Desire Glory
The sense that in this universe we are treated as strangers, the longing to be acknowledged, to meet with some response, to bridge some chasm that yawns between us and reality, is part of our inconsolable secret. And surely, from this point of view, the promise of glory, in the sense described, becomes highly relevant to our deep desire. For… — Anonymous Copy Share
“The desire for glory is no different from that instinct for preservation that is common to all creatures. It is as if we enhance… — Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Our glory is hidden in our pain, if we allow God to bring the gift of himself in our experience of it. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience... The desire to escape or… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Is there not glory enough in living the days given to us? You should know there is adventure in simply being among those we… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
One does not want glory accepted as a matter of course. One wants to shock and astonish people with it. — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom… — John McCain Copy Share Image
We are a people whom Allah gave might and glory to through Islam, so we will never seek glory through anything else. — Umar Copy Share
All glory comes from daring to begin and this daring needs all of you. — Bilal Zahoor Copy Share Image
We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
One of our great allies at present is the Church itself. Do not misunderstand me. I do not mean the Church as we see… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
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All I am in private life is a literary critic and historian, that's my job...And I'm prepared to say on that basis if anyone… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
If a man is going to write on chemistry, he learns chemistry. The same is true of Christianity. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The first fact in the history of Christendom is a number of people who say they have seen the Resurrection. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I#pray because the need flows out of me all the time-walking and sleeping. It does not change # God - it changes me. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
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In discovering books, you became free to explore the full range of human motives, desires, secrets, and lies. All my life, people have scolded… — Betsy Lerner Copy Share Image