UPDATED (7/7/18) – The Misquotable C.S. Lewis is my book that examines 75 quotations attributed to Lewis that I caution you not to share. Some are falsely attributed to him, others are paraphrases of his words, and a few have context issues. Don’t share a quote attributed to Lewis unless you can confirm he wrote it and the meaning …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/9
FACT OF THE DAY: The first known letter Lewis wrote to Sister Penelope occurred on this day (8/9) in 1939. – – – 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 …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/5
FACT OF THE DAY: “Invocation of Saints” is a letter published today (5th) in 1949 in Church Times that is now in God in the Dock. – – – 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 …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/4
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (8/4) in 1922 Lewis earned a first class (highest honors) degree in Literae Humaniores (“Greats”) from Oxford. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “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 …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 6/14
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis finished his academic studies at Oxford in June, 1923, beginning his exams today (14th). – – – 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 / Quote / Quiz: 5/21
FACT OF THE DAY: The Allegory of Love was published today (5/21) in 1936. It was Lewis’s first academic title. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The function of allegory is not to hide but to reveal, and it is properly used only for that which cannot be said, or so well said, in …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 9th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The first known letter Lewis wrote to Sister Penelope occurred on this day (8/9) in 1939.
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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)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What book got the notice of someone from the BBC that lead to an invitation to Lewis’s debut on the radio that was this month?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 5th
FACT OF THE DAY:
“Invocation of Saints” is a letter published today (5th) in 1949 in Church Times that is now in God in the Dock.
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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)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Lewis did something “great” in his early life this month; what was it?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 4th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Today (8/4) in 1922 Lewis earned a first class (highest honors) degree in Literae Humaniores (“Greats”) from Oxford.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“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)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
During Jill’s first meeting with Aslan she wanted to do something, but was afraid to…what was it?
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RETROSPECT: August 1st – 11th
Highlights for August 1-11 include: Lewis’s first time ever on the radio, earning of a second First at Oxford and two more letters from Screwtape.
In one sense not a lot of events occurred in Lewis’s life over the years during the first week and a half in August; but then the most significant from this period is likely among the highest points in his entire life. It was on the 6th in 1941 that he stood before a microphone to kick-off the first of four scheduled talks about “Right and Wrong: A Clue to the Meaning of the Universe.” The place was the offices of BBC Home Services and the local time was 7:45 p.m. Over the next fifteen minutes he would speak on “Common Decency,” but later this first chapter of book one in Mere Christianity would be called “The Law of Human Nature.”