"Oh, I'm a dangerous criminal, I am,' said……" — C.S. Lewis
"Oh, I'm a dangerous criminal, I am,' said the dwarf cheerfully."
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1,827 Quotes by C.S. Lewis
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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 Cheerfully Quotes
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It's very hard to imagine the phrase 'consumer society' used so cheerfully, and interpreted so enthusiastically, in England.
— Julie Burchill
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A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the…
— Seneca the Younger
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Blessed the man and woman who is able to serve cheerfully in the second rank - a big test.
— Mary Slessor
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Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man-yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. So for the…
— Marcus Aurelius
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The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully,…
— Albert Einstein
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What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one's…
— Victor Cherbuliez
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We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit…
— Seneca the Younger
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There is an optimism which nobly anticipates the eventual triumph of great moral laws, and there is an optimism which…
— Agnes Repplier
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Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do anything that is worth doing.
— Frederick William Robertson
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A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contently.
— Benjamin Franklin
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Beth could not reason upon or explain the faith that gave her courage and patience to give up life, and…
— Louisa May Alcott
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The path to cheerfulness is to sit cheerfully and to act and speak as if cheerfulness were already there.
— William James
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