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Present Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- I have discovered that the people who believe most strongly in the next life do the most good in the present one.
- My own eyes are not enough for me...I will see through the eyes of others. Reality, even seen through the eyes of many is not…
- Though we cannot experience our life as an endless present, we are eternal in God's eyes; that is, in our deepest reality.
- Never, in peace or war, commit your virtue or your happiness to the future. Happy work is best done by the man who takes his…
- I am suffering incessant temptations to uncharitable thoughts at present; one of those black moods in which nearly all one's friends seem to be selfish…
- Watchin' and listenin' is the thing at present; not talking.
- The Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next.
- The great thing with unhappy times is to take them bit by bit, hour by hour, like an illness. It is seldom the present, the…
- One of our great allies at present is the Church itself. Do not misunderstand me. I do not mean the Church as we see her…
- What we have been told is how we men can be drawn into Christ-can become part of that wonderful present which the young Prince of…
- It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly…
- If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the…
- It is when we notice the dirt that God is most present in us; it is the very sign of His presence.
- Almost certainly God is not in time. His life does not consist of moments one following another...Ten-thirty-- and every other moment from the beginning of…
- At all ages, if [fantasy and myth] is used well by the author and meets the right reader, it has the same power: to generalize…
- Hope is one of the Theological virtues. This means that a continual looking forward to the eternal world is not (as some modern people think)…
- The humans live in time but our Enemy destines them to eternity. He therefore, I believe, wants them to attend chiefly to two things, to…
- if anyone present wishes to make me the subject of his wit, I am very much at his service--with my sword--whenever he has leisure.
- Though it was bright sunshine everyone felt suddenly cold. The only two people present who seemed to be quite at their ease were Aslan and…
- Where, except in the present, can the eternal be met?
More Present Quotes
- Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business.… — Mary Astell
- The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be to understand… — Diane Ackerman
- Having experienced personally and through my family the tragedy of Chile is something always present in my memory. I do not want… — Michelle Bachelet
- A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught… — Ibrahim Babangida
- Since periods of great change, such as the present one, come so rarely in human history, it is up to each of… — Dalai Lama
- Great Love in Relationship is present when there is no fear. — Senoraroy
- What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of… — Sai Baba
- To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present… — James A. Baldwin