"The value given to the testimony of..." - Quote by C S Lewis

“The true reader reads every work seriously in the sense that he reads it whole-heartedly, makes himself as receptive as he can. But for that very reason he cannot possibly read every work solemly or gravely. For he will read 'in the same spirit that the author writ.'... He will never commit the error of trying to munch whipped cream as if it were venison.”

“I don't want him to live forever, and I know that he's not going to live forever whether I want him to or not.”

“A man is never so proud as when striking an attitude of humility.”

“Life is one indivisible whole.”

“I don't know what humor is.”

“On the other hand, the concept owes its meaning and its justification exclusively to the totality of the sense impressions which we associate with it.”

“Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is”

“She wanted to cry, but she did not want Peter to see her cry, and she especially did not want Teacher, with her flowing hair, to see her cry.”

“If you intend to be of assistance, your eye is not upon the trouble but upon the assistance, and that is quite different. When you are looking for a solution, you are feeling positive emotion, but when you are looking at a problem, you are feeling negative emotion.”