"Mercy detached from justice grows unmerciful." — C.S. Lewis
"Mercy detached from justice grows unmerciful."
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1,827 Quotes by C.S. Lewis
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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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You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves…
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Ultimately spiritual awareness unfolds when you're flexible, when you're spontaneous, when you're detached, when you're easy on yourself and easy…
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People in America, of course, live in all sorts of fashions, because they are foreigners, or unlucky, or depraved, or…
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Happiness is yours in the here and now. The painful states of anxiety and loneliness are abolished permanently. Financial affairs…
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Only the idea of death makes a warrior sufficiently detached so that he is capable of abandoning himself to anything.…
— Carlos Castaneda
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Meditation simply means a discipline that makes you capable of being aloof and detached from your mind. So even if…
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I want my team to be more detached from the wins and losses and be more focused on doing the…
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I remain detached and distant, but it is under my eyes and my orders that the work of art must…
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Transcendence or detachment, leaving the body, pure love, lack of jealousy-that's the vision we are given in our culture, generally,…
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I've always felt you don't have to be completely detached, emotionally uninvolved to make precise observations. There's nothing wrong with…
— Jane Goodall
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A saint is Christ's bride, totally attached, faithful, dependent. A saint is also totally independent, detached from idols and from…
— Peter Kreeft
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I may be flying a complicated airplane, rushing through space, but in this cabin I'm surrounded by simplicity and thoughts…
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