QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[Christianity] was never intended to replace or supersede the ordinary human arts and sciences: it is rather a director which will set them all to the right jobs, and a source of energy which will give them all new life, if only they will put themselves at its disposal.” Social …
CSL Daily 09/27/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Really great moral teachers never do introduce new moralities: it is quacks and cranks who do that.” Social Morality (Broadcast on BBC on 9/27/1942; Chapter two from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The 2nd talk in the third BBC series (Christian Behaviour) was broadcast on …
CSL Daily 09/20/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Think of humanity as a band playing a tune. To get a good result, you need two things. Each player’s individual instrument must be in tune and also each must come in at the right moment so as to combine with all the others.” The Three Parts of Morality (Broadcast on …
CSL Daily 09/17/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The value given to the testimony of any feeling must depend on our philosophy [belief system], not our whole philosophy on a feeling.” Religion: Reality or Substitute? (Published in September-October, 1941 issue of World Dominion) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe began being dramatized …
CSL Daily 08/27/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning, then to go forward does not get you any nearer.” 4th BBC Broadcast (Given on 8/27/1941; Then known as What Can We Do About It) – – – FACT OF THE …
CSL Daily 08/09/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “One hopes there will come a day when one can enjoy nice things said about one’s self just in the same innocent way as one enjoys nice things about anyone else—perfect humility will need no modesty.” Letter to Sister Penelope 8/9/1939 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II) – – …
CSL Daily 07/23/19
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 God. But they’re not all equally good sources.” The Anvil (BBC Radio Broadcast aired 7/22/1943) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: While two dozen …
CSL Daily 07/22/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If you will go to God just as you are, fully admitting that you care about Him very little, and put yourself in His hand, if you’re even ready to be made to care and leave Him to work, He’ll do the rest.” The Anvil (BBC Radio Broadcast aired 7/22/1943) …
CSL Daily 07/19/19
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: (Screwtape Boasts:) “The safest road to Hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.” The …
CSL Daily 07/13/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Whenever you find a man who says he does not believe in a real Right and Wrong, you will find the same man going back on this a moment later. He may break his promise to you, but if you try breaking one to him he will be complaining ‘It’s not …