C. S. Lewis — Philosophical Quotes

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C. S. Lewis Quotes

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C. S. Lewis

Writer, Scholar

Philosophical

“If you are a Christian you do not have to believe that all the other religions are simply wrong all through. If you are an atheist you do have to believe that the main point in all the religions of the whole world is simply one huge mistake.”

Christian Mistake Atheist

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C. S. Lewis

Writer, Scholar

Philosophical

“The problem of reconciling human suffering with the existence of a God who loves, is only insoluble so long as we attach a trivial meaning to the word "love."”

Long Love Is Suffering

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Philosophical

“There is no other day. All days are present now. This moment contains all moments.”

Moments Great Divorce

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Philosophical

“We cannot fully understand the relations of time and choice until we are beyond both.”

Choices Relation

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Philosophical

“We can conceive of a world in which God corrected the results of abuse of free will by His creatures: so that a wooden beam became soft as grass when used as a weapon... But such a world would be one in which wrong actions were impossible, and therefore, freedom of the will would be void.”

Weapons Abuse Void

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Philosophical

“There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them.”

Sex Reconcile

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Philosophical

“All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be. This is elementary”

Turns Pretending

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Philosophical

“Spying on people by magic is the same as spying on them in any other way.”

People Way

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Philosophical

“Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware that he has them, but this is specially true of humility.”

Pride Humility Humble

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Philosophical

“Man approaches God most nearly when he is in one sense least like God. For what can be more unlike than fullness and need, sovereignty and humility, righteousness and penitence, limitless power and a cry for help?”

Men Needs Humility

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Philosophical

“To what will you look for help if you will not look to that which is stronger than yourself?”

Looks Religion Stronger

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Philosophical

“We may not be able to get certainty, but we can get probability, and half a loaf is better than no bread.”

Science Half Food

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