QUOTE OF THE DAY: “First-hand knowledge is not only more worth acquiring than second-hand knowledge, but is usually much easier and more delightful to acquire.” On the Reading of Old Books (Published originally as a preface to The Incarnation of the Word of God in 1944) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: John, the main …
CSL Daily 02/19/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.” On the Reading of Old Books (Published originally as a preface to The Incarnation of the Word of God in 1944) – – – FACT OF …
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 06/05/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I now feel that one must never say one believes or understands anything: any morning a doctrine I thought I already possessed may blossom into this new reality.” Letter to Sister Penelope 6/5/1951 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The first known …
CSL Daily 05/28/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I quite agree with you about not using one’s job for propaganda: but once the pupil raises the question I think one has a free hand.” Letter to Rhona Bodle 5/28/1949 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis wrote to Sister …
CSL Daily 04/18/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is a curious fact that the advice we can give to others we cannot give to ourselves and truth is more effective through any life rather than our own.” Letter to Sister Penelope (sent 11/19/1941) (First available in Letters of C.S. Lewis published 4/18/1966) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Letters of …
CSL Daily 03/25/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Symbolism exists precisely for the purpose of conveying to the imagination what the intellect is not ready for.” Letter to Sister Penelope CSMV on 3/25/1943 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On March 25, 1987 the US edition of Present Concerns, a …
CSL Daily 02/20/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “First-hand knowledge is not only more worth acquiring than second-hand knowledge, but is usually much easier and more delightful to acquire.” On the Reading of Old Books (Published originally as a preface to The Incarnation of the Word of God in 1944) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: John, the main character …
CSL Daily 02/19/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.” On the Reading of Old Books (Published originally as a preface to The Incarnation of the Word of God in 1944) – – – FACT OF THE …
CSL Daily 08/09/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The first known letter Lewis wrote to Sister Penelope was on August 9, 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 about anyone else—perfect …