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C.S. Lewis
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Clive Staples Lewis was a British novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian, broadcaster, lecturer, and Christian apologist.
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“I didn't go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don't recommend Christianity.”
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“I didn't go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don't recommend Christianity.”
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“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
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“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
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“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.”
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“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.”
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“Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.”
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“Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.”
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“I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.”
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“I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.”
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“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.”
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“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.”
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“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.”
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“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.”
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“There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.”
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“There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.”
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“Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.”
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“Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.”
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“God can't give us peace and happiness apart from Himself because there is no such thing.”
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“God can't give us peace and happiness apart from Himself because there is no such thing.”
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“Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning.”
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“Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning.”
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“Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”
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“Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”
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“It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.”
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“It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.”
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“I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.”
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“I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.”
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“You can make anything by writing.”
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“You can make anything by writing.”
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“He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less.”
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“He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less.”
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“The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only - and that is to support the ultimate career.”
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“The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only - and that is to support the ultimate career.”
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“What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.”
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“What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.”
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