"There are no ordinary people. You have..." - Quote by C S Lewis
There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations--these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat.
More by C S Lewis
“Seek Unity and you will find neither Unity nor Truth.Seek the light of truth, and you will find Unity and Truth.”
“No man who says, 'I'm as good as you,' believes it. He would not say it if he did.”
“We treat our dogs as if they were "almost human": that is why they really become "almost human" in the end.”
More on Humanity
“For the moment a lot of attention is given to economic concerns, and these problems at hand easily eclipse all others. But the remedies proposed for these problems all come out of outmoded ways of thinking... The remedy? Compassion. The logical feeling that we find in ourselves if we search deeply enough that has to be exercised toward all other living creatures.”
“when the human race is not grotesque it is because it is asleep and losing its opportunity.”
“Total war is the most humane in the long run.”
More on Immortality
“One pays dearly for being immortal: one must die many times during his life.”
“To me there is no past or future in my art. If a work of art cannot live always in the present it must not be considered at all. The art of the Greeks, of the Egyptians, of the great painters who lived in other times, is not an art of the past; perhaps it is more alive today than it ever was.”
“If a man carefully examine his thoughts he will be surprised to find how much he lives in the future. His well-being is always ahead. Such a creature is probably immortal.”