No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally (and often far more) worth reading at the age of fifty — except, of course, books of information. The only imaginative works we ought to grow out of are those which it would have been better not to have read at all.
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Lewis on Christians, Pagans, and Post-Christians
Christians and Pagans had much more in common with each other than either has with a post-Christian. The gap between those who worship different gods is not so wide as that between those who worship and those who do not.
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Lewis on the Invasion of Daily Life by Something Other
When we suppose the world of daily life to be invaded by something other, we are subjecting either our conception of daily life or our conception of that other, or both, to a new test. We put them together to see how they will react. If it succeeds, we shall come to think, feel, and imagine more accurately, more richly, more attentively either about the world which is invaded or about that which invades it, or about both.
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Lewis on Obstinacy in Belief
Our opponents, then, have a perfect right to dispute with us about the grounds of our original assent. But they must not accuse us of sheer insanity if, after the assent has been given, our adherence to it is no longer proportioned to every fluctuation of the apparent evidence.
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Lewis on Theology and Christian Community
The one really adequate instrument for learning about God, is the whole Christian community, waiting for Him together.