C. S. Lewis Quotes

It costs God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost Him crucifixion.

C. S. Lewis

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• We are all basically the same human beings, who seek happiness and try to avoid suffering. Everybody is my peer group. Your feeling "I am of no value" is wrong. Absolutely wrong.

  

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• It costs God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost Him crucifixion.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • God
  • Nice
  • Cost