When Catholicism goes bad it becomes the religion of amulets and holy places and priestcraft: Protestantism, in its corresponding decay, becomes a vague mist of ethical platitudes

Quote by CS Lewis

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We're not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering...

We're not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering...

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.

God whispers in our pleasures, but shouts in our pain.

God whispers in our pleasures, but shouts in our pain.

Why love if losing hurts so much? We love to know that we are not...

Why love if losing hurts so much? We love to know that we are not...

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value; rather it is...

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value; rather it is...

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly...

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly...

When we lose one blessing, another is often, most unexpectedly, given in its place.

When we lose one blessing, another is often, most unexpectedly, given in its place.

Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot...

Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot...

The great thing is, if one can, to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as...

The great thing is, if one can, to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as...

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

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

Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only...

Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only...

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...

Do you think it all meant nothing, all the longing? The longing for home? For...

Do you think it all meant nothing, all the longing? The longing for home? For...

This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through...

This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through...

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.

We read to know we are not alone.

We read to know we are not alone.

The longer we remain the way we are, the longer things remain the way they...

The longer we remain the way we are, the longer things remain the way they...

Though our feelings come and go, GodÃs love for us does not

Though our feelings come and go, GodÃs love for us does not

God works wonders now and then; behold a lawyer, an honest man.

God works wonders now and then; behold a lawyer, an honest man.

Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of...

Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of...