"You and I have need of the strongest……" — C.S. Lewis
"You and I have need of the strongest spell that can be found to wake us from the evil enchantment of worldliness."
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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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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 Enchantment Quotes
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one of 119 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.
— Honore de Balzac
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I loved 'Fantasia' as a kid because it filled me with wonder, enchantment and awe. It was my first real…
— Nicolas Cage
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He who knows what sweets and virtues are in the ground, the plants, the waters, the heavens, and how to…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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He it is, the innermost one, who awakens my being with his deep hidden touches. He it is who puts…
— Rabindranath Tagore
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How glad I am to be able to roam in the wood and thicket, among trees and flowers and rocks…
— Ludwig van Beethoven
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Speculation is the romance of trade, and casts contempt upon on all its sober realities. It renders the stock-jobber a…
— Washington Irving
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The only words that ever satisfied me as describing nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment;…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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We were born with a natural tendency to focus on love. Our imaginations were creative and flourishing, and we knew…
— Marianne Williamson
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From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.
— Lucretius
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Everything a cat is and does physically is to me beautiful, lovely, stimulating, soothing, attractive and an enchantment.
— Paul Gallico
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A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Banish (the onion) from the kitchen and the pleasure flies with it. Its presence lends color and enchantment to the…
— Elizabeth Robins Pennell
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