Tag Archives: C.S. Lewis

Thought For the Day: To Love At All Is To Be Vulnerable. Love Anything and Your Heart Will Be Wrung and Possibly Broken.

“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Education Without Values, As Useful As It Is, Seems Rather To Make Man A More Clever Devil

 “Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.” – C.S. Lewis

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Thought For Today: Most of All, Perhaps, We Need Intimate Knowledge of the Past. Not That the Past Has Any Magic About It, But Because We Cannot Study the Future

“Most of all, perhaps, we need intimate knowledge of the past. Not that the past has any magic about it, but because we cannot study the future, and yet need something to set against the present, to remind us that … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Christian Does Not Think God Will Love Us Because We Are Good, But That God Will Make Us Good Because He Loves Us

 “The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us; just as the roof of a sunhouse does not attract the sun because it is bright, … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: I Will Not Tell You How Long Or Short the Way Will Be, Only That It Lies Across A River. But Do Not Fear That, For I Am the Great Bridge Builder

“But I will not tell you how long or short the way will be; only that it lies across a river. But do not fear that, for I am the great Bridge Builder.” ― C.S. Lewis, Aslan, in The Voyage of … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Christianity, If False, Is of No Importance, and, If True, of Infinite Importance. The One Thing It Cannot Be Is Moderately Important

“Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and, if true, of infinite importance. The one thing it cannot be is moderately important.” – C.S. Lewis

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Thought For the Day: The Christian Does Not Think God Will Love Us Because We Are Good, But That God Will Make Us Good Because He Loves Us

“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.” – C.S. Lewis

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Thought For the Day: If We Find Ourselves With A Desire That Nothing In This World Can Satisfy, the Most Probable Explanation Is That We Were Made For Another World

“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.” – C.S. Lewis “Mere Christianity”

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Thought For the Day: Christianity, If False Is Of No Importance, and, If True, of Infinite Importance. The One Thing It Cannot Be Is Moderately Important

“Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and, if true, of infinite importance. The one thing it cannot be is moderately important.” – C.S. Lewis

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Thought For the Day: All That We Call Human History…Is the Long Terrible Story of Man Trying To Find Something Other Than God Which Will Make Him Happy

“All that we call human history … [is] the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.” – C. S. Lewis (1898-1963)

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