Quote by C.S. Lewis

Since I am I, I must make an act of self-surrender, however small or however easy, in living to God rather than to my self.


Since I am I, I must make an act of self-surrender, however

Summary

This quote emphasizes the importance of self-surrender and the choice to prioritize living for a higher purpose. By acknowledging one's own identity and existence ("Since I am I"), the quote highlights the significance of consciously making an effort to surrender the ego and defer to a higher authority or purpose, in this case, living according to God's will. It emphasizes the need to prioritize service to a greater power rather than being solely consumed by self-interests and desires. Even small and seemingly effortless acts of self-surrender contribute to this greater sense of purpose and alignment.

Topics

Christianity
By C.S. Lewis
Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Well, I think everybody is frustrated by the finances of the

Well, I think everybody is frustrated by the finances of the U.N. and the inability to solve problems of war and peace.

George H. W. Bush

Peace

The Divine of the Lord in heaven is love, for the reason tha

The Divine of the Lord in heaven is love, for the reason that love is receptive of all things of heaven, such as peace, intelligence, wisdom and happiness.

Emanuel Swedenborg

Happiness

When I was a kid, for my birthday every year, my mother made

When I was a kid, for my birthday every year, my mother made me pasta bechamel, which is rigatoni with a white cream sauce.

Giada De Laurentiis

Birthday

Open suspecting of others comes of secretly condemning ourse

Open suspecting of others comes of secretly condemning ourselves.

Sir Philip Sidney

Doubt

Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.

Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.

Sebastian Roch Nicolas Chamfort

Law

To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product

To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization.

Arnold J. Toynbee

Civilization

So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that wind and wi

So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that wind and wind while just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox


WORDS IN THE HEART CANNOT BE TAKEN.

WORDS IN THE HEART CANNOT BE TAKEN.

Terry Pratchett

Words Golem

Theologians talk about a prevenient grace that precedes grac

Theologians talk about a prevenient grace that precedes grace itself and allows us to accept it. I think there must also be a prevenient courage that allows us to be brave - that is, to acknowledge that there is more beauty than our eyes can bear, that precious things have been put into our hands and to do nothing to honor them is to do great harm. And therefore, this courage allows us, as the old men said, to make ourselves useful. It allows us to be generous, which is another way of saying exactly the same thing.

Marilynne Robinson

Life Beauty Love Courage Kindness Grace Giving Generous Stewardship Brave

No one really knows why they are alive until they know what

No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Death Inspirational

Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope.

Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope.

George Burns

Age

Youngsters of the age of two and three are endowed with extr

Youngsters of the age of two and three are endowed with extraordinary strength. They can lift a dog twice their own weight and dump him into the bathtub.

Erma Bombeck

Age