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C. S. Lewis quote about life from Mere Christianity (1952) - Our experience is coloured through and through by books and plays and the cinema, and it takes patience and skill to disentangle the things we have really learned from life for ourselves.

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Quotes by C. S. Lewis · Quotes from Mere Christianity · Quotes about life · Quotes about experience · Quotes about books · Quotes about learning

“ Our experience is coloured through and through by books and plays and the cinema, and it takes patience and skill to disentangle the things we have really learned from life for ourselves. ”

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Author

C. S. Lewis

Source

Mere Christianity

Topic

life experience books learning

Date

1952

Language

English

Reference

Note

Adapted from a series of BBC radio talks made between 1942 and 1944

Weblink

https://www.dacc.edu/assets/pdfs/PCM/merechristianitylewis.pdf

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C. S. Lewis quote about life from Mere Christianity (1952) - Our experience is coloured through and through by books and plays and the cinema, and it takes patience and skill to disentangle the things we have really learned from life for ourselves.

C. S. Lewis quote about life from Mere Christianity (1952) - Our experience is coloured through and through by books and plays and the cinema, and it takes patience and skill to disentangle the things we have really learned from life for ourselves.

C. S. Lewis quote about life from Mere Christianity (1952) - Our experience is coloured through and through by books and plays and the cinema, and it takes patience and skill to disentangle the things we have really learned from life for ourselves.

C. S. Lewis quote about life from Mere Christianity (1952) - Our experience is coloured through and through by books and plays and the cinema, and it takes patience and skill to disentangle the things we have really learned from life for ourselves.