QUOTE OF THE DAY: “How little people know who think that holiness is dull. When one meets the real thing … it is irresistible. If even ten per cent of the world’s population had it, would not the whole world be converted and happy before a year’s end?” Letter to Mary Willis Shelburne 8/1/1953 (Published in The …
CSL Daily 07/31/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Avoid introspection in prayer—I mean not to watch one’s own mind to see if it is in the right frame, but always to turn the attention outwards to God.” Letter to Dr. F. Morgan Roberts 7/31/1954 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III) – – – FACT OF …
CSL Daily 07/30/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We really don’t know much about loving until we’re in touch with love Himself.” The Anvil (BBC Radio Broadcast aired 7/22/1943) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “Epitaph” is a poem published on July 30, 1948 in The Spectator. Revised and re-titled as “Epigrams and Epitaphs” in Poems. – – – …
CSL Daily 07/29/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We must, on pain of idiocy, deny from the very outset the idea that looking at is, by its own nature, intrinsically truer or better than looking along. One must look both along and at everything.” Meditation in a Toolshed (Published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph on 7/17/1945) – – – FACT …
CSL Daily 07/28/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “In my waking hours I would never [approve some actions]. But the dreaming mind is regrettably immoral.” A Dream (Published in The Spectator on 7/28/1945) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The lighthearted essay “A Dream” was first published on July 28, 1944 in The Spectator. It’s available in Present Concerns. – …
CSL Daily 07/27/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We find thus by experience that there is no good applying to Heaven for earthly comfort. Heaven can give heavenly comfort; no other kind.” The Four Loves (U.S. edition Published on 7/27/1960) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The first US edition of The Four Loves was published on July 27, 1960. …
CSL Daily 07/26/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Screwtape Advises:] “I would make it a rule to eradicate from my patient any strong personal taste which is not actually a sin, even if it is something quite trivial.” The Screwtape Letters XIII (Published in The Guardian on 7/25/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The U.S. Paperback editions of Surprised By Joy and Till …
(2020CCSLQ-2) 2020 Confirming C.S. Lewis Quotes – Episode 2
INTRODUCTION This is the 2nd in a new series devoted to clarifying whether or not C.S. Lewis wrote something you’ve seen quoted in a book and/or shared on social media. Last time I noted I’d usually cover two quotations, and I’ll deliver on that promise today. However, instead of sharing only material since my 2018 …
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CSL Daily 07/25/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Screwtape Admits:] “I know that the Enemy [God] also wants to detach men from themselves, but in a different way. Remember always, that he really likes the little vermin, and sets an absurd value on the distinctiveness of every one of them.” The Screwtape Letters XIII (Published in The Guardian on 7/25/1941) – – …
CSL Daily 07/24/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You can step outside one experience only by stepping inside another. Therefore, if all inside experiences are misleading, we are always misled.” Meditation in a Toolshed (Published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph on 7/17/1945) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: All My Road Before Me: The Diary of C. S. Lewis 1922-27 came out …