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
Before we can be cured we must want to be cured. Those who really wish for help will get it; but for many modern people even the wish is difficult.
Interpretation
To be helped or healed, one must truly desire it, yet many struggle to even wish for assistance.
C. S. Lewis emphasizes the importance of a genuine desire for change or healing as a prerequisite for receiving help. He suggests that while many might need support, the struggle to even acknowledge this need can prevent them from attaining it, highlighting a vital aspect of human psychology in the context of personal growth and healing.
In practice
In a motivational speech about personal growth, one could use this quote to illustrate the importance of wanting change.
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
If you get all the facts, your judgment can be right; if you don't get all the facts, it can't be right.
Simple people... are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about them.
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
Be humble and you will remain entire. The sages do not display themselves, therefore they shine. They do not approve themselves, therefore they are noted. They do not praise themselves, therefore they have merit. They do not glory in themselves, therefore they excel.
Though sin often brings immediate pleasure, it gives no lasting joy.
It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.
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