A dogmatic belief in objective value is necessary to the very idea of a rule which is not tyranny or an obedience which is not slavery.
C. S. LewisRead
Life is too deep for words, so don't try to describe it, just live it.
Interpretation
Life is complex and profound, and it's best experienced directly rather than explained.
C. S. Lewis emphasizes that attempting to articulate the depth of life can be limiting; instead of trying to express its complexities in words, one should focus on simply living and experiencing it. This perspective encourages embracing life in its fullness rather than getting caught up in attempts at description or interpretation.
In practice
During a motivational speech about embracing life experiences rather than overanalyzing them.
A dogmatic belief in objective value is necessary to the very idea of a rule which is not tyranny or an obedience which is not slavery.
I enjoyed my breakfast this morning, and I think that was a good thing and do not think it was condemned by God. But I do not think myself a good man for enjoying it.
Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.
Forgiving and being forgiven are two names for the same thing. The important thing is that a discord has been resolved.
I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. It doesn't change God - it changes me.
The instrument through which you see God is your whole self. And if a man's self is not kept clean and bright, his glimpse of God will be blurred
I missed a whole cycle of childhood, but I've never used it as a device for self-pity.
We're all trying to get to the same island β whether you swim, fly, surf, or skydive, it doesn't matter. What matters is when the red light goes on.
I have different hats; I'm a mother, I'm a woman, I'm a human being, I'm an artist and hopefully I'm an advocate. All of those plates are things I spin all the time.
Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.
It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.
Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.
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