C.S. Lewis on Humility and the Magnetic Pull of Wonder

The ego cannot be destroyed by force, but it can be transcended in an encounter with Beauty and Wonder.

C.S. Lewis said:

True humility is not thinking less of yourself: it’s thinking of yourself less.

But how do you think of yourself less without thinking less of yourself?

How do you diminish yourself without demeaning yourself?

How do you hush your ego without putting a gag in its mouth?

How do you harness your ego without resisting it?

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