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C. S. Lewis Quotes

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British Author, Writer November 29, 1898 – November 22, 1963

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C. S. Lewis quote: "Be thou glad sleeper and thy sorrow offcast. I am the gate to..."
Be thou glad sleeper and thy sorrow offcast. I am the gate to all good adventure. C. S. Lewis
But the greatest cause of verbicide is the fact that most people are obviously far more anxious to express their approval and disapproval of things than to describe them. Hence the tendency of words to become less descriptive and more evaluative; then become evaluative, while still retaining some hint of the sort of goodness or badness implied; and to end up by being purely evaluative -- useless synonyms for good or for bad. C. S. Lewis
A real desire to believe all the good you can of others and to make others as comfortable as you can will solve most of the problems. C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis quote: "A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not..."
A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest. C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis quote: "Whatever you do, He will make good of it. But not the good He..."
Whatever you do, He will make good of it. But not the good He had prepared for you if you had obeyed him. C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis quote: "Oh, Adam’s sons, how cleverly you defend yourselves against..."
Oh, Adam’s sons, how cleverly you defend yourselves against all that might do you good! C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis quote: "The world does not need more Christian literature. What it..."
The world does not need more Christian literature. What it needs is more Christians writing good literature. C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis quote: "For what you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are..."
For what you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing: it also depends on what sort of person you are. C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis quote: "Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good."
Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good. C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis quote: "Those that hate goodness are sometimes nearer than those that..."
Those that hate goodness are sometimes nearer than those that know nothing at all about it and think they have it. C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis quote: "He's not safe, but he's good (referring to Aslan, the Lion, in..."
He's not safe, but he's good (referring to Aslan, the Lion, in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis quote: "No man who says, 'I'm as good as you,' believes it. He would..."
No man who says, 'I'm as good as you,' believes it. He would not say it if he did. C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis quote: "if you do one good deed your reward usually is to be set to do..."
if you do one good deed your reward usually is to be set to do another and harder and better one. C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis quote: "The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household..."
The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal. C. S. Lewis
the sweet heavy smell grew very much less. For though the whole fire had not been put out, a good bit of it had, and what remained smelled very largely of burnt Marsh-wiggle, which is not at all an enchanting smell. C. S. Lewis

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