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Wise Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- If the universe is so bad...how on earth did human beings ever come to attribute it to the activity of a wise and good Creator?
- There is something which unites magic and applied science (technology) while separating them from the "wisdom" of earlier ages. For the wise men of old,…
- If human life is in fact ordered by a beneficent being whose knowledge of our real needs and of the way in which they can…
- ..(T)here are two opposite reasons for being a democrat. You may think all men so good that they deserve a share in the government of…
- For the wise men of old the cardinal problem had been how to conform the soul to reality. For magic and applied science alike the…
- The Old Testament contains fabulous elements. The New Testament consists mostly of teaching, not of narrative at all: but where it is narrative, it is,…
- The Calormens have dark faces and long beards. They wear flowing robes and orange-colored turbans, and they are a wise, wealthy, courteous, cruel and ancient…
- In those days a boy on the classical side officially did almost nothing but classics. I think this was wise; the greatest service we can…
- The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are.
- Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different...
- The value of the myth is that it takes all the things we know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden…
More Wise Quotes
- Most important thing in life is to keep moving irrespective of the facts that you r hurt u r broken or betrayed… — Anurag Prakash Ray
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Years ago someone wrote [about me]: 'She characterizes Molly Weasley as a mother who is only at home looking after the children.'… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
- I've no idea where ideas come from and I hope I never find out; it would spoil the excitement for me if… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
- The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner… — Aristotle