updated 3/24/18 The Misquotable C.S. Lewis is now available to buy – Learn where to get it The following is the easiest way to locate the six part podcast series Exploring C.S. Lewis Misquotes and Misconceptions. This series is a companion to my Confirming Quotations and Correcting Misconceptions blog posts. Just click on the picture of …
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FACT OF THE DAY: The Poem “Vowels and Sirens” came out in The Times Literary Supplement Special Autumn Issue in late August, 1952. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: [After explaining some weaknesses in a child’s stories:] “I hope you don’t mind me telling you all this? One can learn only by seeing one’s mistakes. Letter …
FACT OF THE DAY: The 18th Screwtape letter first came out on August 29, 1941 in The Guardian before being published in The Screwtape Letters. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The whole philosophy of Hell rests on recognition of the axiom that one thing is not another thing, and, specially, that one self is not …
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s parents, Albert and Florence (Flora) were married at St. Mark’s Church on August 29, 1894. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Do you place yourself in the obedience,’ said the Director, ‘in obedience to Maleldil?’ ‘Sir,’ said Jane, ‘I know nothing of Maleldil. But I place myself in obedience …
FACT OF THE DAY: “Equality” is a shorter work by Lewis published August 27, 1943 in The Spectator. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Friends are not primarily absorbed in each other. It is when we are doing things together that friendship springs up – painting, sailing ships, praying, philosophizing, fighting shoulder to shoulder. Friends …
FACT OF THE DAY: The fourth radio talk from Lewis‘s first broadcast series was given August 27, 1941; it was called “What Can We Do About It.” In Mere Christianity it is entitled “We Have Cause to be Uneasy.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to …
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s father, Albert, was notorious for not liking his routine changed; this quality negatively affected his relationship with his sons. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “In fighting those who serve devils one always has this on one’s side; their Masters hate them as much as they hate us.” That …
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Trouble with ‘X’” is an essay by Lewis first published in the August, 1948 issue of Bristol Diocesan Gazette. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I find that I do not exist on my own, that I am under a law; that somebody or something wants me to behave in …
This is the third podcast episode in the series on “Misquotes and Misconceptions.” Guest host for this show is Rev. David Beckmann. Previously he was interviewed about a video series he produced entitled C.S. Lewis on Prayer (link below). This time he asks William O’Flaherty questions about quotations credited to Lewis that he did not write. You …
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FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s mother, Flora had a short story called “The Princess Rosetta” published in the The Household Journal in 1889. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “God has made it a rule for Himself that He won’t alter people’s character by force. He can and will alter them – but only if the …
