FACT OF THE DAY: The 2nd Riddell Memorial Lecture entitled “The Way” by Lewis was given February 25, 1943. It became part of The Abolition of Man. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The human mind has no more power of inventing a new value than of imagining a new primary colour.” The Way (First a lecture …
CSL Daily 02/16/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The Screwtape Letters was published in the U.S. on February 16, 1943, but was released in the UK in Feb. 1942. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things …
CSL Daily 9/04/17
FACT OF THE DAY: On September 4, 1943 “My First School” was printed in Time and Tide as “Notes on the Way.” Reprinted in Present Concerns. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Only children quarrel about whether pancakes are nice or nasty, but grown men quarrel about whether an act is right or wrong.” Answers to Listeners’ …
CSL Daily 8/28/17
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 …
CSL Daily 8/14/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Voyage to Venus by Lewis was published on August 14, 1953. It is the same book as Perelandra from 1943. – – – 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)
CSL Daily 7/30/17
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. – – – 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)
CSL Daily 7/23/17
FACT OF THE DAY: While two dozen poems by Lewis were published in Punch, “Revival or Decay?” is the only non-fiction work published there. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “All sorts of things will make a man brave for the time being. Alcohol, ignorance of the danger, anger, self-respect, human loyalty, and love of …
CSL Daily 7/22/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis was a guest on “The Anvil” that was aired July 22, 1943. This BBC radio program was recorded on the 19th. His comments were printed in 1981 special edition of Mere Christianity. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If you will go to God just as you are, fully admitting that …
CSL Daily 7/19/17
FACT OF THE DAY: On July 19, 1943 “The Anvil” (a BBC radio program) recorded its show with Lewis as one of the guests. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The safest road to Hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.” The Screwtape Letters XII …
CSL Daily 4/27/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The Personal Heresy, published April 27, 1939 is the only book by Lewis with a co-author (Professor E.M.W. Tillyard). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “One never can see, or not till long afterwards, why any one was selected for any job. And when one does, it is usually some …