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Love in this second sense — love as distinct from ‘being in love’ — is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit; reinforced by (in Christian marriages) the grace which both partners ask, and receive, from God.”
The Four Loves Quotes Showing 1-30 of 259. “Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .” ― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves. tags: friendship. 87723 likes. Like. “To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken.
30 lis 2023 · 72 Best C.S. Lewis Quotes on Love (CHRISTIANITY) November 30, 2023. 3.2k. SHARES. Top 14 Most Famous C.S. Lewis Quotes on Faith and Hope. The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us. Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.
To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness.
30 kwi 2014 · “The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.” ― C.S. Lewis. “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” ― C.S. Lewis.
If a thing is free to be good it is also free to be bad. And free will is what has made evil possible. Why, then, did God give them free will? Because free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having.
Given the centrality of love in Biblical teaching, it is not surprising that C.S. Lewis commented on love a great deal. He recognized different kinds of love in his book The Four Loves (affection, friendship, romance, and charity-agape).
