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 found …
CSL Daily 12/16/18
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 Hobbit” …
CSL Daily 10/21/18
FACT OF THE DAY: On Oct. 21, 1948 Arthurian Torso was published. It contains commentary by Lewis on Charles Williams’s Arthurian poems. – – – 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 …
CSL Daily 08/02/18
FACT OF THE DAY: “On the Death of Charles Williams” (“To Charles Williams” in Poems) was first published in the August, 1945 issue of Britain Today. – – – 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 …
CSL Daily 05/24/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s obituary of Charles Walter Stansby Williams (1886-1945) was published in The Oxford Magazine on May 24, 1945). – – – 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) More Details …
CSL Daily 05/15/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Charles Williams, a close friend of Lewis, died on May 15, 1945. Williams was the author of Descent into Hell and other works. – – – 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 …
CSL Daily 03/17/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The first of two books edited by Lewis about Charles Williams came out in 1947 (2 years after his death) – Essays Presented to Charles Williams. – – – 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 …
CSL Daily 03/11/18
FACT OF THE DAY: On March 11, 1936 Lewis wrote to Charles Williams for the first time; it became the start of a close friendship. – – – 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 …
CSL Daily 02/12/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Letters to Malcolm came out in the US on February 12, 1964. It had been released in the UK at the end of the previous month. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[Charles Williams writes] that sort of book in which we begin by saying, ‘Let us suppose that this everyday …
CSL Daily 02/11/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis spoke on the BBC on February 11, 1949 on “The Novels of Charles Williams.” It was recorded and is also in On Stories. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “To find that one’s emotions do not ‘come to heel’ and line up as stable sentiments in permanent conformity with one’s …