C. S. Lewis Quotes — Page 24

Writer, Scholar

Spiritual

“Don't you mind," said Puddleglum. "There are no accidents. Our guide is Aslan; and he was there when the giant king caused the letters to be cut, and he knew already all things that would come of them; including this.”

Mind Cutting Kings

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C. S. Lewis

Writer, Scholar

Philosophical

“There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.”

Inspirational Looks Religion

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Philosophical

“Mere improvement is not redemption, though redemption always improves people”

People Improvement

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Confident

“Aslan: You doubt your value. Don't run from who you are.”

Running Doubt

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Adventurous

“If one could run without getting tired I don't think one would often want to do anything else.”

Thinking Running Tired

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Courageous

“Safe?” said Mr. Beaver; “don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.”

Kings Safe Narnia

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Melancholic

“If the Church is not Making Disciples, then all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible, are a waste of time.”

Church Waste Wasting Time

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Courageous

“Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man... It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest. Once the element of competition is gone, pride is gone.”

Men Pride Competition

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Spiritual

“The mold in which a key is made would be a strange thing, if you had never seen a key: and the key itself a strange thing if you had never seen a lock. Your soul has a curious shape because it is a hollow made to fit a particular swelling in the infinite contours of the divine substance, or a key to unlock one of the doors in the house with many mansions. Your place in heaven will seem to be made for you and you alone, because you were made for it -- made for it stitch by stitch as a glove is made for a hand.”

Hands Doors Keys

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Spiritual

“The central miracle asserted by Christians is the incarnation. They say that God became man.”

Men Christian Miracle

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Love

“Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.”

Falling In Love True Love Famous Love

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Angry

“Whenever we find that our religious life is making us feel that we are good - above all, that we are better than someone else - I think we may be sure that we are being acted on, not by God, but by the devil.”

Thinking Religious Devil

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