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Things Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- One of the things that distinguishes man from the other animals is that he wants to know things, wants to find out what reality is…
- Prayer in the sense of petition, asking for things, is a small part of it; confession and penitence are its threshold, adoration its sanctuary, the…
- Many things, such as loving, going to sleep, or behaving unaffectedly - are done worst when we try hardest to do them.
- A man may have to die for our country: but no man must, in any exclusive sense, live for his country. He who surrenders himself…
- Never, never pin your whole faith on any human being: not if he is the best and wisest in the whole world. There are lots…
- Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else. (Notice this means that if you are interested…
- 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…
- 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…
- We were made to be neither cerebral men nor visceral men, but Men. Not beasts nor angels but Men - things at once rational and…
- The standard that measures two things is something different from either. You are, in fact, comparing them both with some Real Morality, admitting that there…
- I am often, I believe, praying for others when I should be doing things for them. It's so much easier to pray for a bore…
- It costs God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost Him crucifixion.
- As long as this deliberate refusal to understand things from above, even where such understanding is possible, continues, it is idle to talk of any…
- Certain things, if not seen as lovely or detestable, are not being correctly seen at all.
- So many things--nay every real thing--is good if only it will be humble and ordinate.
- It is good that the window should be transparent, because the street or garden beyond it is opaque. How if you saw through the garden…
- Is it easy to love God' asks an old author. 'It is easy,' he replies, 'to those who do it.' I have included two Graces…
- The assumption that things which have been conjured in the past will always be conjured in the guiding principle not of rational but of animal…
- 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…
- Put first things first and second things are thrown in. Put second things first and you lose both first and second things.
More Things Quotes
- Throughout all of this confusion, I hope I somehow get to you. I practice all the things I'd say to tell you… — Superman
- Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and… — Francis Bacon
- I find a lot of things kind of funny and I often say what's on my mind, and then get nine texts… — Kate Beckinsale
- If I were an actor I could be someone, someone who'd always know the right things to say. But as soon as… — Superman
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Change in all things is sweet. — Aristotle
- In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. — Aristotle