Maxioms by C.s. Lewis
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
If... you are ever tempted to think that we modern Western Europeans cannot really be so very bad because we read more
If... you are ever tempted to think that we modern Western Europeans cannot really be so very bad because we are, comparatively speaking, humane--if, in other words, you think God might be content with us on that ground--ask yourself whether you think God ought to have been content with the cruelty of past ages because they excelled in courage or chastity. You will see at once that this is an impossibility. From considering how the cruelty of our ancestors looks to us, you may get some inkling of how our softness, worldliness, and timidity would have looked to them, and hence how both must look to God.
Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.
Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the read more
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one.
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you read more
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.
