QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There have been men before now who got so interested in proving the existence of God that they came to care nothing for God Himself…as if the good Lord had nothing to do but exist!” Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XII (Published in The Guardian on 1/26/1945) – – – FACT OF …
CSL Daily 01/25/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If nothing is certainly right, then of course it follows that nothing is certainly wrong.” De Futilitate (Published in Christian Reflections on 1/23/1967) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “Modern Theology and Biblical Criticism,” published in Christian Reflections on January 23, 1967, was later re-titled as “Fern-seed and Elephants.” – – – PURCHASE The …
CSL Daily 01/24/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The human mind has no more power of inventing a new value than of planting a new sun in the sky or a new primary colour in the spectrum.” The Poison of Subjectivism (Published in Christian Reflections on 1/23/1967) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: All the letters of the alphabet …
CSL Daily 01/23/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Unless the measuring rod is independent of the things measured, we can do no measuring.” The Poison of Subjectivism (Published in Christian Reflections on 1/23/1967) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: It was on January 23, 1967, that Christian Reflections (an essay collection) was published. – – – PURCHASE The Misquotable C.S. Lewis
CSL Daily 01/22/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Our relation to those who trusted us only after we were proved innocent in court cannot be the same as our relation to those who trusted us all through.” On Obstinacy In Belief (Published in Screwtape Proposes a Toast on 1/4/1965) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The poem “On Another …
CSL Daily 01/21/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You and I have need of the strongest spell that can be found to wake us from the evil enchantment of worldliness.” The Weight of Glory (Published in Screwtape Proposes a Toast on 1/4/1965) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “Prudery and Philology” was published on January 21, 1955 in The Spectator. …
CSL Daily 01/20/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is when we notice the dirt that God is most present to us: it is the very sign of His presence.” Letter to Mary Neylan (from Collected Letters, Volume 2 on 1/20/1942) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “Ministering Angels” is a short story by Lewis first published in the …
CSL Daily 01/19/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Ye cannot fully understand the relations of choice and Time till you are beyond both.” Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XI (Published in The Guardian on 1/19/1945) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The eleventh installment of The Great Divorce was published on January 19, 1945; it covered the first quarter …
CSL Daily 01/18/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Besides being complicated, reality, in my experience, is usually odd.” The Invasion (Second Talk from BBC Broadcast on 1/18/1942) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Later known as “The Invasion,” Lewis’s second talk from his second BBC radio series was given on January 18, 1942. – – – PURCHASE The Misquotable …
CSL Daily 01/17/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Simply to say prayers is not to pray; otherwise a team of properly trained parrots would serve as well.” The Efficacy of Prayer (Published in the January, 1959 issue of The Atlantic Monthly) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s “The Efficacy of Prayer” essay appeared in the January issue of The Atlantic Monthly in 1959. …