“Hence nearly all vices are rooted in the future. Gratitude looks to the past and love to the present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.”
― The Screwtape Letters
― The Screwtape Letters
“It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things out.”
― The Screwtape Letters
― The Screwtape Letters
“Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality. ”
― The Screwtape Letters
― The Screwtape Letters
“Nearly all vices are rooted in the future. Gratitude looks to the past and love to the present; fear, avarice, lust and ambition look ahead.”
― The Screwtape Letters
― The Screwtape Letters
“Above all, do not attempt to use science (I mean, the real sciences) as a defence against Christianity. They will positively encourage him to think about realities he can’t touch and see. ”
― Screwtape Letters
― Screwtape Letters
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