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An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.

~C. S. Lewis

Topics: Cause Explanation Justification Reason

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History isn't just the story of bad people doing bad things. It's quite as much a story of people trying to do good things. But somehow, something goes wrong.

~C. S. Lewis

Topics: Bad Bad People Bad Things Doing Goes Good Good Things History Just Much People Quite Somehow Something Story Things Trying Wrong

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No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.

~C. S. Lewis

Topics: Ever Fear Felt Grief Like Me

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A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.

~C. S. Lewis

Topics: Atheist Cannot Careful His Man Reading Remain Sound Too Who Wishes Young Young Man

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A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.

~C. S. Lewis

Topics: Bach Christian Eating Go Higher His Humility Infinitely Listening Lying Man Plato Preparing Pride Reading Sleep Standards State Temperance Than Thankfulness Who Wife

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Solemnity is proper in church, but things that are proper in church are not necessarily proper outside, and vice versa. For example, I can say a prayer while washing my teeth, but that does not mean I should wash my teeth in church.

~C. S. Lewis

Topics: Church Does Example For Example Mean Necessarily Outside Prayer Proper Say Should Solemnity Teeth Things Versa Vice Vice Versa Wash Washing While I Can

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If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.

~C. S. Lewis

Topics: Become Christians Did Find History Ineffective Largely Most Next Other Precisely Present Read Since Think Those Thought Were Who Will World You

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Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.

~C. S. Lewis

Topics: Affection Durable Happiness Lives Nine-Tenths Our Our Lives Responsible Solid Whatever

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Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.

~C. S. Lewis

Topics: Good May Most Oppressive Sincerely Tyranny Victims

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Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.

~C. S. Lewis

Topics: Across Large Letters Miracles Same Same Story See Small Some Story Too Us Very Which Whole World Written

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Author

Born: November 29th, 1898

Died: November 22nd, 1963

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