Maxioms by C.s. Lewis
Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.
Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.
A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the read more
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.
There are no accidents. God's just trying to remain anonymous.
There are no accidents. God's just trying to remain anonymous.
We need at times, some of us at most times, that Charity from others which, being Love Himself in them, read more
We need at times, some of us at most times, that Charity from others which, being Love Himself in them, loves the unlovable. But this, though a sort of love we need, is not the sort we want. We want to be loved for our cleverness, beauty, generosity, fairness, usefulness. The first hint that anyone is offering us the highest love of all is a terrible shock. This is so well recognized that spiteful people will pretend to be loving us with Charity precisely because they know that it will wound us. To say to one who expects a renewal of Affection, Friendship, or Eros, "I forgive you as a Christian" is merely a way of continuing the quarrel. Those who say it are of course lying. But the thing would not be falsely said in order to wound unless, if it were true, it would be wounding.
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.
