C. S. Lewis Quotes

A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, ‘darkness’ on the walls of his cell.
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If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.
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This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.
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Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.
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Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.
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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.
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What I call my ‘self’ now is hardly a person at all. It’s mainly a meeting place for various natural forces, desires, and fears, etcetera, some of which come from my ancestors, and some from my education, some perhaps from devils. The self you were really intended to be is something that lives not from nature but from God.
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The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.
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Thirty was so strange for me. I’ve really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking and talking adult.
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Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.
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Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.
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You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
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Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.
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“The meaning of life is to find your gift the purpose of life is to give it away” – Pablo Picasso –

Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains. ― Steve Jobs ―

Hope is the power that gives a person the confidence to step out and try. – Zig Ziglar –

You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help enough other people get what they want. – Zig Ziglar –

Part of the reason that the government’s fear mongering is succeeding is because so many people are so ignorant, that it is easier for government to frighten people in submission.
– James Bovard –

The prompt assimilation of that intelligence will be essential if we are to avoid another September 11th.
– Adam Schiff –

I come from a coffee-loving family, and you can always tell when my sister and I have been around, because both of us collect all the dead coffee from everyone’s morning cup, pour it over ice, and drink it. This is a disgusting habit.
– Laurie Colwin –

In your hands or that of any other person, so much power would, no doubt, be dangerous. I am the only man in the world whom it would be safe to trust with it. Remember, I am a prophet!
– Joseph Smith, Jr. –

Most Americans live on a diet that includes processed fare that is neither fresh nor natural.
– Homaro Cantu –

Now I think that going to the gym is the best drug. I go four times a week and it gives me the buzz I need.
– Amy Winehouse –

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
– Arnold Schwarzenegger –