We appear to be saying something very important about
something: and actually we are only saying something about our own feelings.
Tag: feelings
Aristotle says that the aim of education is to make the pupil like and dislike what he ought.
C.S. LewisTag: reading education old-books
Having mastered our environment, let us now master
ourselves and choose our own destiny.
It is better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a pig satisfied.
C.S. LewisTag: philosophy philosophical
The human mind is generally far
more eager to praise and dispraise than to describe and
define.
Tag: love praise human-mind describe
By the way, don't 'weep inwardly' and get a sore throat. If you must weep, weep: a good honest howl! I suspect we - and especially, my sex - don't cry enough now-a-days. Aeneas and Hector and Beowulf, Roland and Lancelot blubbered like schoolgirls, so why shouldn't we?
C.S. LewisTag: men crying heroism masculinity
Thirst was made for water; inquiry for truth
C.S. LewisIf there is an itch one does want to scratch; but it is much nicer to have neither the itch nor the scratch.
C.S. LewisWho are you?” asked Shasta.
“Myself,” said the Voice, very deep and low so that the earth shook: and again “Myself,” loud and clear and gay: and then the third time “Myself,” whispered so softly you could hardly hear it, and yet it seemed to come from all around you as if the leaves rustled with it.
One day you'll see him and another you won't.
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