9/3-9 Weekly Dose of C.S. Lewis Quotes

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 …

90 Sec #7 – PUDDLEGLUM: Narnia Character Profile – 2 (YouTube)

Here’s the seventh show from my 90 second YouTube channel. This episode varies slightly from the others, as it is the second of an occasional “Narnia Character Profile,” aimed at giving you a brief look at one of the many characters from Lewis’ most beloved stories. – – – Books mentioned in this episode: Prince …

Fact / Quote / Quiz: 7/14

FACT OF THE DAY: Imagination and Thought in the Middle Ages is a talk Lewis gave on two nights in July, 1956 (on the 17th and 18th). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[Flippancy] is a thousand miles away from joy; it deadens, instead of sharpening, the intellect; and it excites no affection between …

Fact / Quote / Quiz: 6/26

FACT OF THE DAY: First and Second Things was first published June 27, 1942 under the “Notes on the Way” column in Time and Tide. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I think we may except [accept] it as a rule that whenever a person’s religious conversation dwells chiefly, or even frequently, on the …

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 14th

FACT OF THE DAY:

Imagination and Thought in the Middle Ages is a talk Lewis gave on two nights in July, 1956 (on the 17th and 18th).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“[Flippancy] is a thousand miles away from joy; it deadens, instead of sharpening, the intellect; and it excites no affection between those who practice it.”

The Screwtape Letters XI
(Published in The Guardian on 7/11/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Puddleglum is based on what person is Lewis’s life?
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(Click “Read More” to SEE Answer)

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 26th

FACT OF THE DAY:

First and Second Things was first published June 27, 1942 under the “Notes on the Way” column in Time and Tide.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“I think we may except [accept] it as a rule that whenever a person’s religious conversation dwells chiefly, or even frequently, on the faults of other people’s religions, he is in a bad condition.”

Letter to Mary Van Deusen 6/26/1952
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Puddleglum is what type of creature?
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(Click “Read More” to SEE Answer)