Welcome to Weekly Dose of C.S. Lewis Quotes! Below you’ll see seven quotes selected from a variety of Lewis’s works over the years that are related to this week (or month). There is also a special video version of this for my YouTube channel, Knowing and Understanding C.S. Lewis, and an audio-only version via my podcast, All …
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We want in fact not so much a father in Heaven as a grandfather in heaven – a senile benevolence who as they say ‘liked to see young people enjoying themselves.’” The Problem of Pain (Published 10/18/1940) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Narrative Poems was released on Oct. 27, 1969. …
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “From at least the age of six, romantic longing – Sehnsucht – had played an unusually central part in my experience. Such longing is in itself the very reverse of wishful thinking: it is more like thoughtful wishing. But it throws off what may be called systems of imagery.” Preface …
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I think God wants us to love Him more, not to love creatures (even animals) less.” Letter to Mary Willis Shelburne on 8/18/1956 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “Solomon,” a poem by Lewis was published in the August 14, 1946 …
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 …
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “An influence which cannot evade our consciousness will not go very deep.” The Literary Impact of the Authorized Version (Speech was first given on 3/20/1950 at the University of London) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s first-ever book, Spirits in Bondage was published on March 20, 1919. It was a book …
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We want in fact not so much a father in Heaven as a grandfather in heaven – a senile benevolence who as they say ‘liked to see young people enjoying themselves.’” The Problem of Pain (Published 10/18/1940) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Narrative Poems was released on Oct. 27, 1969. …
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “From at least the age of six, romantic longing – Sehnsucht – had played an unusually central part in my experience. Such longing is in itself the very reverse of wishful thinking: it is more like thoughtful wishing. But it throws off what may be called systems of imagery.” Preface …
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I think God wants us to love Him more, not to love creatures (even animals) less.” Letter to Mary Willis Shelburne on 8/18/1956 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “Solomon,” a poem by Lewis was published in the August 14, 1946 …
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 …
