#cs lewis

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"If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this."

-C. S. Lewis

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To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken.

—C.S. Lewis -British writer (1898-1963)

This powerful insight comes from C.S. Lewis' 1960 book "The Four Loves," a thoughtful exploration of the different forms of human love: affection, friendship, romantic love, and charity. A scholar and theologian known for blending intellect with empathy, Lewis didn't shy away from acknowledging love's risks alongside its rewards.

Here, he highlights that to love anything is to open ourselves to pain and the possibility of heartbreak.

His words encourage us to accept that love, with all its depth and meaning, inherently renders us vulnerable — but git's this tension between love's beauty and fragility that makes it so essential to the human experience.

—C.S. Lewis British writer (1898-1963)

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Make the choice adventurous stranger, strike the bell and bide the danger or wonder 'till it drives you mad what would have happened if you had. ---C.S. Lewis/The Magicians Nephew

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"We all want progress. But progress means getting nearer the place you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning, then to go forward does not get you any nearer. If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about turn and walking back to the right road. In that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man."

~CS Lewis, Mere Christianity

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