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We come to Scripture not to learn a subject but to steep ourselves in a person.
C. S. Lewis
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C. S. Lewis
Age: 64 †
Born: 1898
Born: January 1
Died: 1963
Died: January 1
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Love, in its own nature, demands the perfecting of the beloved.
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We poison the wine as He decants it into us murder a melody He would play with us as the instrument...Hence all sin, whatever else it is, is sacrilege.
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As St. Paul points out, Christ never meant that we were to remain children in intelligence: on the contrary, He told us to be not only as harmless as doves, but also as wise as serpents. He wants a child's heart, but a grown-up's head.
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As for wrinkles--Pshaw! Why shouldn't we have wrinkles? Honorable insignia of long service in this warfare.
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Prosperity knits a man to the world. He feels that he is finding his place in it, while really it is finding its place in him.
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It is hardly complimentary to God that we should choose him as an alternative to hell.
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