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Lay Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- But I remember more dearly autumn afternoons in bottoms that lay intensely silent under old great trees
- Wherever any precept of traditional morality is simply challenged to produce its credentials, as though the burden of proof lay on it, we have taken…
- Fallen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement: he is a rebel who must lay down his arms.
- We are not merely imperfect creatures who must be improved; we are rebels who must lay down our arms.
- We do not come to God as bad people trying to become good people; we come as rebels to lay down our arms.
- We want to know not how we should pray if we were perfect but how we should pray being as we now are ... It…
- Fallen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement: he is a rebel who must lay down his arms. Laying down your arms,…
- The Guide sang: The new age, the new art, the new ethic and thought, And fools crying, Because it has begun It will continue as…
- I was the lion who forced you to join with Aravis. I was the cat who comforted you among the houses of the dead. I…
- And I was the Lion you do not remember who pushed the boat in which you lay, a child near death, so that it came…
- And in truth (as I now see) I had the wish to put off my journey as long as I could. Not for any peril…
- When I lay these questions before God I get no answer. But a rather special sort of 'No answer.' It is not the locked door.…
- I think I am beginning to understand why grief feels like suspense. It comes from the frustration of so many impulses that had become habitual.…
- We must lay before him what is in us; not what ought to be in us.
More Lay Quotes
- Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up. — Mary Astell
- Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of… — Saint Augustine
- A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open. — Francis Bacon
- When I lay my head on the pillow at night I can say I was a decent person today. That's when I… — Drew Barrymore
- Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination - everything which can charm and bewitch the simple… — John Adams
- We can't cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time. — Bernard Baruch
- To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense. — Ambrose Bierce
- I hate first drafts, and it never gets easier. People always wonder what kind of superhero power they'd like to have. I… — Judy Blume
- A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. — David Brinkley
- Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open. — James Broughton
- Every day I wake up and I lay in bed counting my blessings and saying my prayers for how fortunate I am… — Luke Bryan
- Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a… — Samuel Butler