Always try to use the language so as to make quite clear what you mean and make sure your sentence couldn’t mean anything else.
Автор: C.S. Lewis
Always prefer the plain… (C.S. Lewis)
promise, wordAlways prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don’t implement promises, but keep them.
Miracles are a retelling… (C.S. Lewis)
miracle, storyMiracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.
The real problem is not why some pious… (C.S. Lewis)
life, sufferingThe real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
Of all tyrannies… (C.S. Lewis)
tyrannyOf all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.
The safest road to hell… (C.S. Lewis)
hell, roadThe safest road to hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.
The future is something… (C.S. Lewis)
futureThe future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.
Aim at heaven… (C.S. Lewis)
earth, heavenAim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.
Look for yourself… (C.S. Lewis)
Christ, selfLook for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ, and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in.
Christianity, if false, is of no importance… (C.S. Lewis)
Christianity, importanceChristianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.