Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Born for Another World

"Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists.

A baby feels hunger: well, there is such a thing as food. A duckling wants to swim: well, there is such a thing as water. Men feel sexual desire: well, there is such a thing as sex.

If I find myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world. If none of my earthly pleasures satisfy it, that does not prove that the universe is a fraud. Probably earthly pleasures were never meant to satisfy it, but only arouse it, to suggest the real thing."

~CS Lewis from Mere Christianity

1 comments:

Liza's Eyeview June 24, 2007 at 2:40 AM  

C.S. Lewis has a way of putting a profound thoughts and insights into words that makes a reader think and reflect ...

Thanks for posting this.

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