QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Screwtape advises:] “Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware of that he has them, but this is specially true of humility.” The Screwtape Letters XIV (Published in The Guardian on 8/1/1941) – – – FACT …
CSL Daily 06/14/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Perfect humility dispenses with modesty. If God is satisfied with the work, the work my be satisfied with itself.” The Weight of Glory (Sermon preached on 6/8/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis finished his academic studies at Oxford near the end of June, 1923, beginning his exams on …
How I’d Like to Respond to Fake C.S. Lewis Quotes
Each day on social media you can easily find at least a half-dozen quotations falsely attributed to C.S. Lewis. Specifically, on Twitter, it is easy to find sayings claiming to be by him because people often use #CSLewis when sharing quotes. When I notice them, I often post a brief reply that goes something like …
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CSL Daily 03/05/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A man is never so proud as when striking an attitude of humility.” Christianity and Culture (Published in March 1940 in Theology) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On March 5, 1908, when Lewis was just 9, he recorded in his diary that he had read Paradise Lost. – – – Have you seen …
CSL Daily 01/09/20
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Birth of Language” is a poem by Lewis published January 9, 1946 in Punch (it uses planetary imagery). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “May God’s grace give you the necessary humility. Try not to think—much less, speak—of their sins. One’s own are a much more profitable theme!” Letter to Mary Willis Shelburne …
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 08/05/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Screwtape advises:] “You must therefore conceal from the patient the true end of Humility. Let him think of it not as self-forgetfulness but as a certain kind of opinion (namely, a low opinion) of his own talents and character.” The Screwtape Letters XIV (Published in The Guardian on 8/1/1941) – – – FACT …
CSL Daily 08/04/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Screwtape advises:] “Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware of that he has them, but this is specially true of humility.” The Screwtape Letters XIV (Published in The Guardian on 8/1/1941) – – – FACT …
CSL Daily 06/14/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Perfect humility dispenses with modesty. If God is satisfied with the work, the work my be satisfied with itself.” The Weight of Glory (Sermon preached on 6/8/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis finished his academic studies at Oxford near the end of June, 1923, beginning his exams on …
CSL Daily 03/05/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A man is never so proud as when striking an attitude of humility.” Christianity and Culture (Published in March 1940 in Theology) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On March 5, 1908, when Lewis was just 9, he recorded in his diary that he had read Paradise Lost. – – – PURCHASE The Misquotable C.S. …