QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Those who are enjoying something, or suffering something together, are companions. Those who enjoy or suffer one another, are not.” That Hideous Strength (Published 8/16/1945) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “The Day with a White Mark,” a poem by Lewis was published in the August 17, 1949 issue …
Month: August 2019
CSL Daily 08/20/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If there was a controlling power outside the universe, it could not show itself to us as one of the facts inside the universe – no more than the architect of a house could actually be a wall or staircase or fireplace in that house.” 3rd BBC Broadcast (Given on …
CSL Daily 08/19/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “To nearly all ancient men, and to many medieval men, friendship seemed the most valuable and the most completely human of all natural loves. It was for them the crown of life and the school of virtues.” The Four Loves (First Recorded for Radio on 8/19 & 8/20/1958) – – – …
CSL Daily 08/18/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I think God wants us to love Him more, not to love creatures (even animals) less.” Letter to Mary Willis Shelburne on 8/18/1956 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “Solomon,” a poem by Lewis was published in the August 14, 1946 …
CSL Daily 08/17/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There is still life in the tradition which the Middle Ages inaugurated. But the maintenance of that life depends, in part, on knowing that the knightly character is art not nature—something that needs to be achieved, not something that can be relied upon to happen.” The Necessity of Chivalry (Published …
CSL Daily 08/16/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There are a dozen views about everything until you know the answer. Then there’s never more than one.” That Hideous Strength (Published in 8/16/1945) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: That Hideous Strength, a book from Lewis’s Sci-Fi trilogy, was published August 16, 1945. Have you read the book? …
CSL Daily 08/15/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape Advises:) “Surely you know that if a man can’t be cured of churchgoing, the next best thing is to send him all over the neighbourhood looking for the church that ‘suits’ him until he becomes a taster or connoisseur of churches.” The Screwtape Letters XVI (Published in The Guardian on 8/15/1941) …
CSL Daily 08/14/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We must use the talent we have, not the talents we haven’t.” Letter to Cynthia Donnelly 8/14/1954 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Voyage to Venus by Lewis was published on August 14, 1953. It is the exact same book as Perelandra from 1943. …
CSL Daily 08/13/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The laws of nature, as applied to stones or trees, may only mean ‘what Nature, in fact, does’. But if you turn to the Law of Human Nature, the Law of Decent Behaviour, it is a different matter. That law certainly does not mean ‘what human beings, in fact, do’; …
CSL Daily 08/12/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “An open mind, in questions that are not ultimate, is useful. But an open mind about ultimate foundations either of Theoretical or Practical Reason is idiocy. If a man’s mind is open on these things, let his mouth at least be shut.” The Abolition of Man (2nd Edition Published 8/12/1946) …