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Demand Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- Democracy demands that little men should not take big ones too seriously; it dies when it is full of little men who think they are…
- We seek an enlargement of our being. We want to be more than ourselves . . . We want to see with other eyes, to…
- We sit down before the picture in order to have something done to us, not that we may do things with it. The first demand…
- 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…
- Because God created the Natural - invented it out of His love and artistry - it demands our reverence.
- The full acting out of the self's surrender to God therefore demands pain: this action, to be perfect, must be done from the pure will…
- The first demand any work of art makes upon us is to surrender. Look. Listen. Receive. Get yourself out of the way.
- Our souls demand Purgatory, don't they? Would it not break the heart if God said to us, It is true, my son, that your breath…
- Love may, indeed, love the beloved when her beauty is lost: but not because it is lost. Love may forgive all infirmities and love still…
- A tyrannous and gluttonous demand for affection can be a horrible thing. But in ordinary life no one calls a child selfish because it turns…
- Love, in its own nature, demands the perfecting of the beloved.
- And he writhed inside at what seemed the cruelty and unfairness of the demand. He had not yet learned that if you do one good…
More Demand Quotes
- I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety. — Kevyn Aucoin
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour
- Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology. — Red Auerbach
- Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in… — Roger Babson
- Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith. — Lord Acton
- Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
- Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they cannot exist; esteem is the first demand… — Honore de Balzac
- Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood! — Honore de Balzac
- Coping with the demands of everyday life would be exceedingly trying if one could arrive at solutions to problems only by actually… — Albert Bandura
- Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead. — Daniel Barenboim
- Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. — John Adams