Never forget that when we are dealing with any pleasure in its healthy and normal and satisfying form, we are, in a sense, on the Enemy's ground.. All the same, it is His invention, not ours.. All we can do is to encourage the humans to take the pleasures which our Enemy has produced, at times, or in ways, or in degrees, which He has forbidden.. An ever increasing craving for an ever diminishing pleasure is the formula. .C.s. Lewis
About This Quote
In the passage above, C.S. Lewis is arguing that pleasure can be a weapon of our enemy, pointing out how it can be a means of destruction rather than a delight. He also cautions against becoming addicted to pleasure, or letting yourself get stuck in a cycle of craving for more and more.
Source: The Screwtape Letters
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