QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Only children quarrel about whether pancakes are nice or nasty, but grown men quarrel about whether an act is right or wrong.” Answers to Listeners’ Questions transcript (BBC Broadcast from 9/3/1941 known as “Some Objections” in Broadcast Talks) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On September 4, 1943 “My First …
CSL Daily 09/03/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A great myth is relevant as long as the predicament of humanity lasts: as long as humanity lasts. It will always work, on those who can receive it, the same catharsis.” Haggard Rides Again (Published in Time and Tide on 9/3/1960) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “The Mythopoeic Gift of …
CSL Daily 08/17/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There is still life in the tradition which the Middle Ages inaugurated. But the maintenance of that life depends, in part, on knowing that the knightly character is art not nature—something that needs to be achieved, not something that can be relied upon to happen.” The Necessity of Chivalry (Published …
CSL Daily 08/07/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The good things even of this world are far too good ever to be reached by imagination. Even the common orange, you know: no one could have imagined it before he tasted it. How much less Heaven.” Letter to Mrs. Johnson 8/7/1956 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III) …
CSL Daily 06/27/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You can’t get second things by putting them first; you can get second things only by putting first things first.” First and Second Things (Published in Time and Tide on 6/27/1942) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The first paperback edition of The Magician’s Nephew came out on June 27, 1963 (first published May …
CSL Daily 06/26/19
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) – – …
CSL Daily 04/30/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The demand for equality has two sources; one of them is among the noblest, the other is the basest, of human emotions. The noble source is the desire for fair play. But the other source is the hatred of superiority.” Democratic Education (First published in the Notes on the Way …
CSL Daily 01/08/19
Learn more about the 1st Annual C.S. Lewis Quotathon. QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The question is not whether we should bring God into our work or not. We certainly should and must…Each vocation has its peculiar dangers and peculiar rewards.” Letter to Sheldon Vanauken (from Collected Letters, Volume 3 on 1/8/1951) – – – FACT OF THE …
CSL Daily 12/07/18
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Not all kinds of peace are compatible with all kinds of goodwill, nor do all those who say “Peace, peace” inherit the blessing promised to the peacemakers.” Delinquents in the Snow (Published 12/7/57 in Time and Tide – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “Delinquents in the Snow” is an article …
CSL Daily 12/05/18
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Unless there is something about which the author is never ironical, there can be no true irony in the work.” A Note on Jane Austen (Published in Selected Literary Essays; released on 12/4/1969) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “Xmas and Christmas: A Lost Chapter from Herodotus” is a satirical piece by …