"If we let ourselves, we shall always be……" — C.S. Lewis
"If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work."
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1,827 Quotes by C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis has 1,827 quotes on this site.
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Now that I am a Christian I do have moods in which the whole thing looks improbable: but when I…
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One of the things that distinguishes man from the other animals is that he wants to know things, wants to…
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You must picture me alone in that room in Magdalen, night after night, feeling, whenever my mind lifted even for…
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The worst attitude of all would be the professional attitude which regards children in the lump as a sort of…
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We want, in fact, not so much a father in heaven as a grandfather in heaven: a senile benevolence who,…
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Total war is the most humane in the long run.
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Those who would most scornfully repudiate Christianity as a mere "opiate of the people" have a contempt for the rich,…
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If naturalism were true then all thoughts whatever would be wholly the result of irrational causes. It cuts its own…
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Unless thought is valid we have no reason to believe in the real universe.
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A universe whose only claim to be believed in rests on the validity of inference must not start telling us…
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Really, a young Atheist cannot guard his faith too carefully. Dangers lie in wait for him on every side.
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I gave in, and admitted that God was God, and knelt and prayed: perhaps, that night, the most dejected and…
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More Distraction Quotes
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one of 446 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are…
— Bryan Adams
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I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we…
— Hilaire Belloc
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We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.
— Hilaire Belloc
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Hapiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.
— Saul Bellow
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At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen…
— John Cage
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I am suspending my presidential campaign, because of the continued distractions, the continued hurt caused on me and my family,…
— Herman Cain
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The loneliest you will get is in the most public of arenas: You will go to a place and end…
— George Clooney
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My house has too many distractions. There's the email. There's checking my Amazon ranking. I know I'm the only author…
— Harlan Coben
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Christ choosing solitude for private prayer, doth not only hint to us the danger of distraction and deviation of thoughts…
— Thomas Brooks
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You've got to block out all distractions when you train. Your focus has to be 100% into the rep. You've…
— Unknown Author
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Meditation is not passive sitting in silence. It is sitting in awareness, free from distraction, and realizing the clear understanding…
— Nhat Hanh
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