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…

Quote by C S Lewis

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An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.

An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.

You cant get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to...

You cant get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to...

There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles...

There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles...

If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are...

If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are...

A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to...

A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to...

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, Thy will be done,...

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, Thy will be done,...

Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.

Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original:...

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original:...

I sometimes wander whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

I sometimes wander whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

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

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

The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot,...

The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot,...

Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you...

Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you...

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different...

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different...

Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written...

Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written...

Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.

Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.

We are what we believe we are.

We are what we believe we are.

The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some...

The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some...

Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the...

Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the...

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by...

What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by...