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

Quote by C S Lewis

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Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say infinitely when you mean very;...

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say infinitely when you mean very;...

We are what we believe we are.

We are what we believe we are.

We are what we believe we are.

We are what we believe we are.

hat saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.

hat saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.

If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it...

If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it...

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...

Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.

Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.

Lets pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.

Lets pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.

Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies...

Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies...

Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith...

Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith...

It's so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see one.

It's so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see one.

Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the...

Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the...

I gave in, and admitted that God was God.

I gave in, and admitted that God was God.

What we call Mans power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by...

What we call Mans power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by...

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather...

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather...

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

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

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.

If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it...

If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it...

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

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