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We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. But mere time does nothing either to the fact or to the guilt of a sin. C.S. Lewis - The Problem of Pain
It is by human avarice or human stupidity, not by the churlishness of nature, that we have poverty and overwork. C.S. Lewis - The Problem of Pain
God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world. C.S. Lewis - The Problem of Pain
[Pain] removes the veil; it plants the flag of truth within the fortress of a rebel soul. C.S. Lewis - The Problem of Pain
We regard God as an airman regards his parachute; it's there for emergencies but he hopes he'll never have to use it. C.S. Lewis - The Problem of Pain
It matters enormously if I alienate anyone from the truth. C.S. Lewis - The Problem of Pain
Those who would like the God of scripture to be more purely ethical, do not know what they ask. C.S. Lewis - The Problem of Pain
[God] is not proud...He will have us even though we have shown that we prefer everything else to Him. C.S. Lewis - The Problem of Pain
If God were a Kantian, who would not have us till we came to Him from the purest and best motives, who could be saved? C.S. Lewis - The Problem of Pain
Tribulations cannot cease until God either sees us remade or sees that our remaking is now hopeless. C.S. Lewis - The Problem of Pain