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As long as the postponement lasts he will be in a false position. He will be silent when he ought to speak and laugh when he ought to be silent.

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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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There have been men before now who got so interested in proving the existence of God that they came to care nothing for God Himself. As if the Good Lo...more

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He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less.

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What we want is not more little books about Christianity, but more little books by Christians on other subjects--with their Christianity latent.

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I need Christ, not something that resembles Him.

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When you are happy, so happy you have no sense of needing Him, so happy that you are tempted to feel His claims upon you as an interruption, if you re...more

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Talk to me about the truth of religion and I'll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of religion and I'll listen submissively. But don't come talk...more

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Authority, reason, experience; on these three, mixed in varying proportions all our knowledge depends.

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Remember, we Christians think man lives for ever. Therefore, what really matters is those little marks or twists on the central, inside part of the so...more

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Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists. A baby feels hunger: well, there is such a thing as food. A duckling...more

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Human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to believe in a certain way, and can't really get rid of it.

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The terrible thing, the almost impossible thing, is to hand over your whole self--all your wishes and precautions--to Christ. But it is far easier tha...more

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Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are ...more

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In religion, as in war and everything else, comfort is the one thing you cannot get by looking for it. If you look for truth, you may find comfort in ...more