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Above Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- As long as this deliberate refusal to understand things from above, even where such understanding is possible, continues, it is idle to talk of any…
- Hitherto the plans of the educationalists have achieved very little of what they attempted, and indeed we may well thank the beneficent obstinacy of real…
- A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something…
- If God 'foresaw' our acts, it would be very hard to understand how we could be free not to do them. But suppose god is…
- Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man... It is the comparison that makes…
- The bolt of Tash falls from above!' 'Does it ever get caught on a hook halfway?
- Whenever we find that our religious life is making us feel that we are good - above all, that we are better than someone else…
- Above all, do not attempt to use science (I mean, the real sciences) as a defence against Christianity. They will positively encourage him to think…
- And above all, you must be asking which door is the true one; not which pleases you best by its paint and panelling…the question should…
- The castle of Cair Paravel on its little hill towered up above them; before them were the sands, with rocks and little pools of salt…
- True friends don’t spend time gazing into each other’s eyes. They may show great tenderness towards each other but they face in the same direction…
- I do not know why there is this difference, but I am sure that God keeps no one waiting unless He sees that it is…
- A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you're looking down, you can't see something that's…
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