"The modern idea of a Great Man is……" — C.S. Lewis
"The modern idea of a Great Man is one who stands at the lonely extremity of some single line of development--"
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1,827 Quotes by C.S. Lewis
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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 Development Quotes
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I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings…
— Richard Armitage
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Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary…
— Edward Bach
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A Truth is the subjective development of that which is at once both new and universal. New: that which is…
— Alain Badiou
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There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the…
— Lord Acton
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I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments, any very large portion of…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since the invention of call waiting.
— Dave Barry
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In art there are only fast or slow developments. Essentially it is a matter of evolution, not revolution.
— Bela Bartok
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I've been through quite a few hurricanes. I worked in North Carolina, where there's a housing development whose name was…
— James Van Der Beek
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Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the…
— Alexander Graham Bell
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The life of the community, both domestically and internationally, clearly demonstrates that respect for rights, and the guarantees that follow…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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Developments in financial markets can have broad economic effects felt by many outside the markets.
— Ben Bernanke
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The idea of reverence for God is transmitted from parent to child, it is educated into an abnormal development, and…
— Annie Besant
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