Maxioms by C.s. Lewis
Some politicians hold that the only way to make a revolutionary safe is to give him a seat in Parliament.
Some politicians hold that the only way to make a revolutionary safe is to give him a seat in Parliament.
If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, read more
If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.
The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.
The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.
God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain
God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain
A man's physical hunger does not prove that that man will get any bread; he may die of starvation on read more
A man's physical hunger does not prove that that man will get any bread; he may die of starvation on a raft in the Atlantic. But surely a man's hunger does prove that he comes of a race which repairs its body by eating, and inhabits a world where eatable substances exist. In the same way, though I do not believe (I wish I did) that my desire for Paradise proves that I shall enjoy it, I think it a pretty good indication that such a thing exists and that some men will. A man may love a women and not win her; but it would be very odd if the phenomenon called "falling in love" occurred in a sexless world.
