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C.S. Lewis


Stephanie

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C.S.Lewis is one of my favorite authors. He died the same year I was born, the same day that Pres. Kennedy was assassinated. He was a brilliant man who continues to impact the world through his writings. He penned such works as the Chronicles of Narnia which have recently gone to the Big Screen. His words have impacted me greatly over the years of my life so I thought I would share some of his more famous quotes with you this morning. Enjoy! And tell me which one you liked the best! :wub:

 

 

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.

 

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way."

 

A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.

 

Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.

 

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, "What! You too? I thought I was the only one!"

 

God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.

 

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.

 

If we really think that home is elsewhere and that this life is a "wandering to find home," why should we not look forward to the arrival?

 

Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.

 

The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.

 

Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking and talking adult.

 

You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.

 

 

C.S. Lewis Quotes

 

 

 

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"You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body." I wish more would embrace this philosophy. Perhaps as their life draws to a close here, they wouldn't be so afraid to leave.

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I love your writings, Stephanie and I'm so tickled to find you've got a blog!

 

Which quote? That's a hard choice! So, I'll cheat, ok?

 

"You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body."

 

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The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.

 

 

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There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way."

 

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Wow, I guess we see which quote was the hands down winner! :D

 

Westie you are right about people being afraid to leave ... or continue or really, graduate in my opinion. Lewis also said this,

 

"If we really think that home is elsewhere and that this life is a "wandering to find home," why should we not look forward to the arrival? "

 

Louis, thank you for adding that link and also for the reminder of that memorable line from the Narnia Adventures. As often as my children and I have listened to these on tapes, I recognized it at once. And it's a good one. He has another one about an egg too that I really like,

 

"It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad."

 

PCS, I couldn't have chosen just one either! That's why I had to make a list and that was hard enough! :wub:

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