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We Cannot Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- If Christianity was something we were making up, of course we could make it easier. But it is not. We cannot compete, in simplicity with…
- Though we cannot experience our life as an endless present, we are eternal in God's eyes; that is, in our deepest reality.
- And since we cannot deceive the whole human race all the time, it is most important thus to cut every generation off from all others;…
- We do not see into men’s hearts. We cannot judge, and are indeed forbidden to judge.
- In the ancient world individuals have sold themselves as slaves, in order to eat. So in society. Here is a witch-doctor who can save us…
- Morality is a mountain which we cannot climb by our own efforts; and if we could we should only perish in the ice and unbreathable…
- We may be sure that the characteristic blindness of the twentieth century [...] lies where we have never suspected it [...] The only palliative is…
- Here, I think, lies our real dilemma. Probably we cannot, certainly we shall not, retrace our steps. We are tamed animals (some with kind, some…
- The rule of the universe is that others can do for us what we cannot do for ourselves, and one can paddle every canoe except…
- Now we cannot...discover our failure to keep God's law except by trying our very hardest (and then failing). Unless we really try, whatever we say…
- At present we are on the outside of the world, the wrong side of the door. We discern the freshness and purity of morning, but…
- We cannot understand. The best is perhaps what we understand least.
- If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord…
More We Cannot Quotes
- Just as cherry, plum, peach and damson blossoms all possess their own unique qualities, each person is unique. We cannot become someone… — Daisaku Ikeda
- You must never regret what might have been. The past that did not happen is as hidden from us as the future… — Richard Martin Stern
- We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot… — ZhatsPrincess
- We cannot beg someone to stay if they wanna leave and be with someone else. We have to admit that love doesn't… — Pacifiersucker
- We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs. — Saint Augustine
- We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law. — Mahmoud Abbas
- That is the definition of faith - acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove. — Dan Brown
- We are more than just flesh and bones. There's a certain spiritual nature and something of the mind that we can't measure.… — Benjamin Carson