Classic Quotes by Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) English author
"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell."
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"A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride."
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"A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading."
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"Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives."
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"Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither."
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"An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason."
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"Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable."
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"Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important."
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