Share & Save
Meaning
This reads as a practical definition of faith, not a purely emotional one. It suggests that belief is the discipline of staying with conclusions reason has already reached, even when feelings shift and make commitment harder. It lands for someone trying to keep a conviction steady through discouragement, doubt, or changing mood.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Not documented yet.
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Not documented yet.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
About C.S. Lewis
British author, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian
C. S. Lewis was a British author, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian. He held posts in English literature at Magdalen College, Oxford, and later at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He is best known for The Chronicles of Narnia. Lewis also wrote The Screwtape Letters and the Space Trilogy, along with Christian apologetic works such as Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain. His writing ranges from imaginative fiction to religious argument, and much of it reflects his interest in Christian belief and moral questions.
More from C.S. Lewis (639 quotes) →Other sayings from C.S. Lewis
- “This must be a simply enormous wardrobe!”C.S. Lewis
- “The joy came from finding at last what hatred was made for.”C.S. Lewis
- “We were talking of DRAGONS, Tolkien and I In a Berkshire bar. The big workman Who had sat silent and sucked h…”C.S. Lewis
- “Though under earth, and throneless now I beYet while I lived all earth was under me.”C.S. Lewis
Explore Faith
- “Don’t ever discount the cry of your heart. God may be working in your heart to bring about his sovereign plan.”K. Howard Joslin
- “If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want…”Aung San Suu Kyi
- “People sin, Lena. People in love sin a lot. God invented sex. He knows how it works”Joshilyn Jackson
Explore Art
- “Black artists attacking other Black artists doesn't move anything forward, necessarily.”Cord Jefferson
- “I seek to sensitize and clarify the essential elements of my soul. I will leave striving for the flags of fam…”Kilroy J. Oldster
- “I grew up in an era that was a golden age of the blockbuster, when something we might call a family film coul…”Christopher J. Nolan