QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Very often the only way to get a quality in reality is to start behaving as if you had it already.” Let’s Pretend (Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/21/44) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s first collection of shorter works, Rehabilitations and Other Essays was published on March 23, 1939. – – – PURCHASE The Misquotable C.S. Lewis
Month: March 2019
CSL Daily 03/22/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The price of Christ is something, in a way, much easier than moral effort – it is to want Him.” Three Kinds of Men (Published in The Sunday Times 3/21/43) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Three Kinds of Men is a short essay by Lewis that was published in The Sunday Times on March …
CSL Daily 03/21/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of a man he is? Surely what pops out before the man has time to put on a disguise is the truth?” Let’s Pretend (Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/21/44) – – – …
CSL Daily 03/20/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “An influence which cannot evade our consciousness will not go very deep.” The Literary Impact of the Authorized Version (Speech was first given on 3/20/1950 at the University of London) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s first ever book, Spirits in Bondage was published on March 20, 1919. It was a book …
CSL Daily 03/19/19
FACT OF THE DAY: The Last Battle was first published on March 19, 1956. This final Narnia story won the Carnegie Medal in Literature. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “‘Beloved,’ said the Glorious One, ‘unless thy desire had been for me thou wouldst not have sought so long and so truly. For all find what they …
CSL Daily 03/18/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Bible itself gives us one short prayer which is suitable for all who are struggling with the beliefs and doctrines. It is: ‘LORD I believe, help Thou my unbelief.’” Letter to Genia Goelz 3/18/1952 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On March …
CSL Daily 03/17/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The natural life in each of us is something self-centered, something that wants to be petted and admired, to take advantage of other lives, to exploit the whole universe.” The Obstinate Toy Soldiers (Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/14/44) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The first of two books edited by Lewis …
CSL Daily 03/16/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Fame in [Heaven] and fame on Earth are two quite different things.” Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XIX (Published in The Guardian on 3/16/1945) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: 19th installment of what eventually became The Great Divorce was published March 16, 1945 in The Guardian. – – – PURCHASE The Misquotable C.S. …
CSL Daily 03/15/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The hard sayings of our Lord are wholesome to those only who find them hard.” Dangers of National Repentance (Published in The Guardian on 3/15/40) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “Dangers of National Repentance” is an essay by Lewis published March 15, 1940 in The Guardian. – – – PURCHASE The Misquotable C.S. Lewis
CSL Daily 03/14/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God.” The Obstinate Toy Soldiers (Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/14/44) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The fourth of the final series of BBC talks, The Obstinate Toy Soldiers, was given by Lewis on March 14, 1944. – …