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Terms Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- An author should never conceive himself as bringing into existence beauty or wisdom which did not exist before, but simply and solely as trying to…
- Forgive us as we forgive- we are offered forgiveness on no other terms. To refuse it is to refuse Gods mercy for ourselves.
- To forgive the incessant provocations of daily life - to keep on forgiving the bossy mother-in-law, the bullying husband, the nagging wife, the selfish daughter,…
- Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking and talking adult.
- As Venus within Eros does not really aim at pleasure, so Eros does not aim at happiness. We may think he does, but when he…
- But the most obvious fact about praise -- whether of God or anything -- strangely escaped me. I thought of it in terms of compliment,…
- And there, right in the middle of it, I find 'Forgive us our sins as we forgive those that sin against us.' There is no…
- Don't think of God in terms of forms, because forms are limited and God is unlimited.
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- The whole of science, and one is tempted to think the whole of the life of any thinking man, is trying to… — David Attenborough
- The last four or five hundred years of European contact with Africa produced a body of literature that presented Africa in a… — Chinua Achebe
- For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God. — Teresa of Avila
- I don't need fame any more. People are less interested in me in terms of celebrity. I'm happy to see a new… — Dan Aykroyd
- The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular… — Charles Babbage
- The core issue here is that the Israeli government refuses to commit to terms of reference for the negotiations that are based… — Mahmoud Abbas
- This contradiction lies here: they wish God, and they wish humanity. They persist in connecting two terms which, once separated, can come… — Mikhail Bakunin
- All I've ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of crosswords that… — Christian Bale
- In terms of the romantic kind of lead, I just never enjoy those movies very much. Maybe they'll come to interest me… — Christian Bale
- Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself. — Honore de Balzac
- The Canadian run can be no different, at least in terms of actual running. — Dennis Banks
- For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms. — Gerry Adams