QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The natural life in each of us is something self-centered, something that wants to be petted and admired, to take advantage of other lives, to exploit the whole universe.” The Obstinate Toy Soldiers (Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/14/44) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The first of two books edited by Lewis …
CSL Daily 03/11/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.” Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XVII (Published in The Guardian on 3/2/1945) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On March 11, 1936, Lewis wrote to Charles …
CSL Daily 02/12/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[Charles Williams writes] that sort of book in which we begin by saying, ‘Let us suppose that this everyday world were, at some one point, invaded by the marvellous. Let us, in fact, suppose a violation of frontier.’” The Novels of Charles Williams (Talk recorded and aired on 2/11/1949; now …
CSL Daily 12/16/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Of all passions the passion for the Inner Ring is most skillful in making a man who is not yet a very bad man do very bad things.” The Inner Ring (Talk given on 12/14/1944) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis mentioned, “Tolkien’s unfinished sequel to the …
CSL Daily 10/21/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,” said Aslan. “And that is both honor enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth. Be content.” Prince Caspian (Published 10/15/1951) – – – FACT OF …
CSL Daily 08/02/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “God’s presence is not the same as the feeling of God’s presence and He may be doing most for us when we think He is doing least.” Letter to Mary Margaret McCaslin 8/2/1954 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “On the …
CSL Daily 05/24/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape Advises:) “Teach them to estimate the value of each prayer by their success in producing the desired feeling.” The Screwtape Letters IV (Published in The Guardian on 5/23/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s obituary of Charles Walter Stansby Williams (1886-1945) was published in The Oxford Magazine on May 24, 1945). – …
CSL Daily 05/15/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Yes, pride is a perpetual nagging temptation. Keep on knocking it on the head but don’t be too worried about it. As long as one knows one is proud one is safe from the worst form of pride.” Letter to Genia Goelz 5/15/1952 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III) …
CSL Daily 03/17/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The natural life in each of us is something self-centered, something that wants to be petted and admired, to take advantage of other lives, to exploit the whole universe.” The Obstinate Toy Soldiers (Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/14/44) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The first of two books edited by Lewis …
CSL Daily 03/11/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.” Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XVII (Published in The Guardian on 3/2/1945) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On March 11, 1936 Lewis wrote to Charles Williams for …