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
It doesn't really matter whether you grip the arms of the dentist's chair or let your hands lie in your lap. The drill drills on.
Interpretation
It emphasizes that certain situations are beyond our control, regardless of our response.
C. S. Lewis's quote reflects on the nature of inevitable experiences and our reactions to them. It illustrates that whether we resist or accept discomfort, the reality of the situation remains unchanged, highlighting the futility of trying to control every aspect of our lives and the importance of acceptance.
In practice
In a motivational speech about facing fears and accepting challenges.
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
It is true that 'I seem to see a table' does not entail 'I see a table'; but 'I seem to feel a pain' does entail 'I feel a pain'. So scepticism loses its force - cannot open up its characteristic gap - with regard to that which ultimately most concerns us, pleasure and pain.
In U.S. discourse, immigrants are mostly represented as less than human, a policy problem, or as just that, a category, and categories are prisons.
...his job was the very least important part of his life, never to be mentioned except in irony.
A faith that is afraid of other people is no faith at all.
What you see determines how you interpret the world, which in turn influences what you expect of the world and how you expect the story of your life to unfold.
A man is like a novel: until the very last page you don't know how it will end. Otherwise it wouldn't be worth reading.
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