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In most parts of the Bible, everything is implicitly or explicitly introduced with "Thus saith the Lord". It is... not read more

In most parts of the Bible, everything is implicitly or explicitly introduced with "Thus saith the Lord". It is... not merely a sacred book but a book so remorselessly and continuously sacred that it does not invite -- it excludes or repels -- the merely aesthetic approach. You can read it as literature only by a tour de force... It demands incessantly to be taken on its own terms: it will not continue to give literary delight very long, except to those who go to it for something quite different. I predict that it will in the future be read, as it always has been read, almost exclusively by Christians.

by C.s. Lewis Found in: Christianity Quotes,
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The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are

The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are

by C.s. Lewis Found in: Wisdom Quotes,
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Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer read more

Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief.

by C.s. Lewis Found in: Misery Quotes,
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Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099 It is a poor thing to strike our colours to God when read more

Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099 It is a poor thing to strike our colours to God when the ship is going down under us; a poor thing to come to Him as a last resort, to offer up "our own" when it is no longer worth keeping. If God were proud, He would hardly have us on such terms.

by C.s. Lewis Found in: Christianity Quotes,
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Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.

Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.

by C.s. Lewis Found in: Affection Quotes,
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