Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness. Auteur: C.S. Lewis Copy Quote More from C.S. Lewis “Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and a…” “In writing. Don't use adjectives which merely tell us how you want us to feel a…” “But Pride always means enmity -- it is enmity. And not only enmity between man …” “a hard heart is no infallible protection against a soft head.”