QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Of all bad men religious bad men are the worst. Of all created beings the wickedest is one who originally stood in the immediate presence of God.” Reflections on the Psalms (Published on 9/8/58) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis was on the cover of Time on September 8, 1947. Reflections …
CSL Daily 08/31/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: [After explaining some weaknesses in a child’s stories:] “I hope you don’t mind me telling you all this? One can learn only by seeing one’s mistakes. Letter to Joan Lancaster on 8/31/1958 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The Poem “Vowels …
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 07/21/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The feeling of being, or not being, forgiven and loved, is not what matters. One must come down to brass tacks. If there is a particular sin on your conscience, repent and confess it. If there isn’t, tell the despondent devil not to be silly.” Letter to Mary Willis Shelburne …
CSL Daily 07/20/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Progress, for me, means increasing goodness and happiness of individual lives. For the species, as for each man, mere longevity seems to me a contemptible ideal.” Willing Slaves of the Welfare State (Published in The Observer on 7/20/1958) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Willing Slaves of the Welfare State was …
CSL Daily 07/09/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It costs God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost Him crucifixion.” Mere Christianity (Published in 7/7/1952) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “Revival or Decay?” was published in the British weekly humor magazine Punch on July 9, 1958. It’s now available …
CSL Daily 04/25/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If I remember rightly, St. Augustine raised a question about the theological position of satyrs, monopods, and other semi-human creatures. He decided it could wait till we knew there were any.” Religion and Rocketry (Published as “Will We Lose God in Outer Space” in the April, 1958 issue of Christian Herald) – …
CSL Daily 04/21/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “No creature that deserved Redemption would need to be redeemed. They that are whole need not the physician. Christ died for men precisely because men are not worth dying for; to make them worth it.” Religion and Rocketry (Published as “Will We Lose God in Outer Space” in the April, 1958 …
CSL Daily 04/17/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The voice of God indeed daily calls to us; calls to the world to abandon sins and seek the Kingdom of God wholeheartedly. O that we may all hear the call of the Father and, sometime, at last be converted to the Lord.” Letter to Don Giovanni Calabria on 4/17/1949 (Published in The …
CSL Daily 04/14/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “But let us thank God that we are still very far from travel to other worlds. I have wondered before now whether the vast astronomical distances may not be God’s quarantine precautions. They prevent the spiritual infection of a fallen species from spreading.” Religion and Rocketry (initially titled Will We Lose …