C S Lewis the Cure for Broken Dreams Is to Dream Again Quote

posted 8/8/2020; revised 8/15/2020

INTRODUCTION

This is the quaternary in a series devoted to clarifying whether or non C.S. Lewis wrote something yous've seen quoted in a volume and/or shared on social media. Each post examines one quote that I became aware of examining since my volume, The Misquotable C.Southward. Lewis came out in early 2018 and another quote that is mentioned in that work.

Last time I told yous well-nigh a quote that included the words, "Jesus is" and reminded you lot well-nigh one with "Be weird, be random" in it.

The new quote examined usually originates from a question asked by members of my Confirming C.Southward. Lewis Quotations Facebook group. Finally, if you want to see the online versions of quotations I've previously explored, then you tin run across a list at this key online location.

4.i – "For broken dreams…"

"For cleaved dreams, the cure is dream once more; and deeper."

I simply found a few memes of this quotation, however, I'd guess (because of the bulletin) its popularity might increment. This express falls under my "Not Quite Lewis" category (see THIS article for an explanation of the categories), simply there are also a few minor errors in it (so information technology would qualify for my "Almost Lewis" category, besides). Pregnant, the words ARE from Lewis, nonetheless, without the context, one cannot really empathise what Lewis originally meant. This is specially true considering it comes from a verse form Lewis wrote when he was not a Christian.

Every bit for the errors…some of the memes do not take all of them. They more often than not have to exercise with punctuation. To demonstrate, let's consider the context issue every bit well past sharing the source. Below is the passage as plant in the book Dymer. If yous are not familiar with this work, information technology is of import to note that information technology is a narrative poem. Even if you are non familiar with this type of poetry, you'd non be surprised to learn that it is a poem that tells a story (usually through the voices of a narrator and characters). Beowulf,The Canterbury Tales, andThe Charge of the Lite Brigade are all examples of narrative poems.

This passage from Dymer is just 10 words and is less than 1/100th of the entire poem (which has over 15,000 words). The poem has nine cantos and the passage in question is from Canto 6.24 and is as follows:

"And she—she was no dream. Information technology would be waste
To seek her there, the living in that den
Of lies." The Chief smiled. "You lot are in haste!
For broken dreams the cure is, Dream again
And deeper. If the waking earth, and men,
And nature marred your dream—so much the worse
For a crude earth beneath its key curse."

Finally, in The A-Z of C.S. Lewis, Colin Duriez's entry onDymer begins with stating it is "an anti-totalitarian poem." So, you might want to call back twice about sharing this quote just because you like what you recall it ways.

four.2 – "Humility Is Not…"

"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less."

If I had a dime for every meme that was shared with this quote so I could probably retire tomorrow! While the expression is very clear and is also close to what C.Due south. Lewis wrote, the fact remains he did Not write it. Lewis wrote some first-class thoughts on humility inMere Christianityand inThe Screwtape Messages, withal, the words in this quotation are not establish in whatever of his writings. They ARE establish in The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren.

Detect out more past checking out what I wrote back in 2015 about this proverb, and/or read about it in my 2018 book, The Misquotable C.S. Lewis.

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Source: https://essentialcslewis.com/2020/08/08/wccslq-4-weekly-confirming-c-s-lewis-quotes-episode-4/

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