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Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.

~C. S. Lewis

Topics: Clever Devil Education Make Man More Rather Seems Useful Values Without

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The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

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Topics: Cut Deserts Down Educator Modern Task

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You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.

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Topics: Big Big Enough Book Cup Enough Get Long Me Suit Tea You

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We are not living in a world where all roads are radii of a circle and where all, if followed long enough, will therefore draw gradually nearer and finally meet at the centre: rather in a world where every road, after a few miles, forks into two, and each of those into two again, and at each fork, you must make a decision.

~C. S. Lewis

Topics: After Again Centre Circle Decision Draw Each Enough Every Few Finally Followed Fork Forks Gradually Living Long Make Meet Miles Must Nearer Rather Road Roads Therefore Those Two Where Will World You

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We must show our Christian colors if we are to be true to Jesus Christ.

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Topics: Be True Christ Christian Colors Jesus Jesus Christ Must Our Show True

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Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.

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Topics: Achievement Fails Failures Finger Forward Posts Repeated Road Success Toward

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We are what we believe we are.

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Topics: Believe

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Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

~C. S. Lewis

Topics: Courage Every Form Point Simply Testing Virtue Virtues

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It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

~C. S. Lewis

Topics: Bad Being Bird Cannot Decent Egg Eggs Fly Go Hard Harder Hatched Indefinitely Jolly Just Learn Like May Must Ordinary Present Remaining Sight Turn While Would You

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We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.

~C. S. Lewis

Topics: Back Case Doing Man Means Most Progress Progressive Right Right Road Road Turns Walking Want Who Wrong You

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Author

Born: November 29th, 1898

Died: November 22nd, 1963

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