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Rather Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- 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…
- When humans should have become as perfect in voluntary obedience as the inanimate creation is in its lifeless obedience, then they will put on its…
- One flesh. Or if you prefer, one ship. The starboard engine has gone. I, the port engine, must chug along somehow till we make harbour.…
- When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place [if we anticipate and look for it, rather than wallow in…
- Once people stop believing in God, the problem is not that they will believe in nothing; rather, the problem is that they will believe anything.
- 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…
- Since I am I, I must make an act of self-surrender, however small or however easy, in living to God rather than to my self.
- I can answer that only by hearsay, returned the Guide, for pain is a secret which he has shared with your race and not with…
- Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
- Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.
- I never exactly made a book. It's rather like taking dictation. I was given things to say.
- Need-love says of a woman, "I cannot live without her"; Gift-love longs to give her happiness, comfort, protection...appreciative love gazes and holds its breath and…
- It was a full moon and, shining on all the snow, it made everything almost as bright as day -- only the shadows were rather…
- Please,' she said, 'You're so beautiful. You may eat me if you like. I'd rather be eaten by you than fed by anyone else.
- No thanks," said Digory, "I don't know that I care much about living on and on after everyone I know is dead. I'd rather live…
- Human beings look separate because you see them walking about separately. But then we are so made that we can see only the present moment.…
- Oh, I can see it happening, age after age, and growing worse the more you reveal your beauty: the son turning his back on the…
- 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.…
- Aslan is a lion- the Lion, the great Lion." "Ooh" said Susan. "I'd thought he was a man. Is he-quite safe? I shall feel rather…
- I have no duty to be anyone's Friend and no man in the world has a duty to be mine. No claims, no shadow of…
More Rather Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals,… — Aristotle
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their… — Karen Armstrong