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Doe Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- Atheists express their rage against God although in their view He does not exist.
- We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. But mere time does nothing either to the fact or to the guilt of a…
- Surely what a man does when he is taken off guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is. If there are…
- The very lack of evidence is thus treated as evidence; the absence of smoke proves that the fire is very carefully hidden...A belief in invisible…
- There is no good trying to be more spiritual than God. God never meant man to purely spiritual creature. That is why He uses material…
- And now, what does it all matter? It matters more than anything else in the world. The whole dance, or drama, or pattern of this…
- Whenever you find a man who says he does not believe in a real Right and Wrong, you will find the same man going back…
- No Christian and, indeed, no historian could accept the epigram which defines religion as 'what a man does with his solitude.'
- When you come to knowing God, the initiative lies on His side. If He does not show Himself, nothing you can do will enable you…
- Christianity does not involve the belief that all things were made for man. it does involve the belief that god loves man and for his…
- The Christians say that God has done miracles. The modern world, even when it believes in God, and even when it has see the defenselessness…
- Love, in the Christian sense, does not mean an emotion. It is a state not of the feelings but of the will; that state of…
- The higher animals are in a sense drawn into Man when he loves them and makes them (as he does) much more nearly human than…
- 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,…
- I felt in my bones that this universe does not explain itself.
- I#pray because the need flows out of me all the time-walking and sleeping. It does not change # God - it changes me.
- As long as he doesn't convert it into action, it does not matter how much a man thinks about his repentance.
- Prayer does not change God; it changes me.
- A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line.
- What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.
- Love is never wasted, for its value does not rest upon reciprocity.
- Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it.
- But the great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come and go, His love for us does not. It is not wearied by…
- In the truest sense, Christian pilgrims have the best of both worlds. We have joy whenever this world reminds us of the next, and we…
- Ambition! We must be careful what we mean by it. If it means the desire to get ahead of other people - which is what…
More Doe Quotes
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Nature does nothing in vain. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does… — Aristotle
- True information does good. — Julian Assange
- I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe… — Dean Acheson
- Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation. — Bashar al-Assad
- No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy… — Francis of Assisi
- Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything… — Francis of Assisi