"Those who are enjoying something, or suffering something,……" — C.S. Lewis
"Those who are enjoying something, or suffering something, together, are companions. Those who enjoy or suffer one another, are not."
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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 Companion Quotes
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one of 689 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Patience is the companion of wisdom.
— Saint Augustine
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What a lonely species we are, searching for signals of life from other galaxies, adopting companion animals, visiting parks and…
— Diane Ackerman
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Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.
— Francis Bacon
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Death is a companion for all of us, whether we acknowledge it or not, whether we're aware of it or…
— Alan Ball
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He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual…
— Isaac Barrow
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Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she…
— Francis Beaumont
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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship…
— Joseph Addison
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There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Frontiersmen good and bad, gunmen as well as inspired prophets of the future, have been my camp companions. Thus, I…
— Buffalo Bill
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People always joke that 'dog' spells 'god' backwards. They should consider that it might be the higher power coming down…
— Linda Blair
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For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my…
— Erma Bombeck
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Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and…
— Daniel Boone
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