QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I don’t believe that good work is ever done in a hurry.” Letter to Arthur Greeves 7/11/1916 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume I) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The eleventh letter from Screwtape was published on July 11, 1941 in The Guardian. Better understand The Screwtape …
CSL Daily 06/15/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is so fatally easy to confuse an aesthetic appreciation of the spiritual life with the life itself— to dream that you have waked, washed, and dressed, & then to find yourself still in bed.” Letter to Arthur Greeves 6/15/1930 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume I) – – …
CSL Daily 06/07/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It does one good to see the fine side of people we’ve always seen the worst of.” Letter to Arthur Greeves 6/7/1930 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume I) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “The Morte Darthur” by Lewis was a book review of The Works of …
CSL Daily 06/05/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I now feel that one must never say one believes or understands anything: any morning a doctrine I thought I already possessed may blossom into this new reality.” Letter to Sister Penelope 6/5/1951 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The first known …
CSL Daily 02/04/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Since term began I have had a delightful time reading a children’s story which Tolkien has just written.” Letter to Arthur Greeves on 2/4/1933 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On February 4, 1933 Lewis wrote to his friend Arthur Greeves about reading a …
CSL Daily 07/11/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The eleventh letter from Screwtape was published on July 11, 1941 in The Guardian. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I don’t believe that good work is ever done in a hurry.” Letter to Arthur Greeves 7/11/1916 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume I) More Details about The Misquotable …
CSL Daily 06/15/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s appointment at Magdalen College at Oxford officially began on June 15, 1925 and lasted nearly three decades. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is so fatally easy to confuse an aesthetic appreciation of the spiritual life with the life itself— to dream that you have waked, washed, and …
CSL Daily 06/07/18
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Morte Darthur” by Lewis was a book review of The Works of Sir Thomas Malory published on June 7, 1947 in The Times Literary Supplement. It was reprinted in Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It does one good to see the fine side of people we’ve …
CSL Daily 06/05/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The first known letter that Lewis wrote to Arthur Greeves was on June 5, 1914. He wrote so many they filled a book! – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I now feel that one must never say one believes or understands anything: any morning a doctrine I thought I already …
CSL Daily 02/04/18
FACT OF THE DAY: On February 4, 1933 Lewis wrote to his friend Arthur Greeves about reading a draft of The Hobbit (not published till ’37). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Since term began I have had a delightful time reading a children’s story which Tolkien has just written.” Letter to Arthur Greeves on 2/4/1933 …