Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.
– CS Lewis –
Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.
– CS Lewis –
If you insist on keeping hell, (or even earth) you will never see heaven. If you accept heaven you will not be able to retain even the smallest and most intimate souvenirs of Hell.
– CS Lewis –
In the midst of a world of light and love, of song and feast and dance, Lucifer could find nothing to think of more interesting than his own prestige.
– CS Lewis –
from A Preface to Paradise Lost
God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain.
– CS Lewis –
We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, ”Blessed are they that mourn.”
— CS Lewis –
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
– CS Lewis –
When He was crucified He “did that in the wild weather of His outlying provinces which He had done at home in glory and gladness.” From before the foundation of the world, He surrenders begotten Deity back to begetting Deity in obedience.
– CS Lewis –
from The Problem of Pain
The enemy will not see you vanish into God’s company without an effort to reclaim you.
– C.S. Lewis –
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen. Not only because I see it, but because I see everything by it.
– CS Lewis –