C. S. Lewis quotes

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one …Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.

Friendship Life Philosophy Art

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate …The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

Education Short

A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking …A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.

Do not let us mistake necessary evils for …Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good.

Evil Mistake

I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep …I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.

Truth Pain Silence Hurt

If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get …If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.

Truth Comfort

I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only …I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.

Short Book Reading

Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as …Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.

Love Feeling

The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good …The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.

God Love Religion

To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in …To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.

Forgiveness God Short

I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up …I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him.

Forgiveness God Humor

Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you …Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.






C. S. Lewis God quotes


God Quotes
We can ignore even pleasure. But pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our …We can ignore even pleasure. But pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.

God Pain Pleasure

He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done …He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less.

God Religion

A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the …A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.

God

It is when we notice the dirt that God is most present in us; it is the very sign of His …It is when we notice the dirt that God is most present in us; it is the very sign of His presence

God Religion

Believe in God like you believe in the sunrise. Not because you can see it, but because you can see …Believe in God like you believe in the sunrise. Not because you can see it, but because you can see all it touches.

God Belief

Life with God is not immunity from difficulties, but peace in …Life with God is not immunity from difficulties, but peace in difficulties.

God Life Peace Short

The great thing to remember is that though our feelings come and go God's love for us does …The great thing to remember is that though our feelings come and go God's love for us does not.

God Love Short Feeling

We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He …We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito.

God



All C. S. Lewis quotes


You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter …You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.

Truth Belief

The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he …The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.

Life Time Future

The safest road to Hell is the gradual one- the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden …The safest road to Hell is the gradual one- the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts

Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which …Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.

Courage

It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have …It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.

Advice Book Reading Literature

Now, the trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often …Now, the trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.

Witty Humor

If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable …If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.

Desire World

A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the …A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.

Book Reading

We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the …We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.

Funny God

Things never happen the same way …Things never happen the same way twice.

You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit …You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.

Book Reading

Courage, dear …Courage, dear heart.

Courage Heart Short

The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That's the …The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That's the deal.

Happiness Pain Past

What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on …What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are.

Perspective Personality Perception

Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever …Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.

Education Short

The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only - and that is …The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only - and that is to support the ultimate career.

Family Humor

When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its …When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place.

Faith God

We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for …We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.

Friendship Silence Meditation

Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing …Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else.

Imagination Advice Writing

The death of a beloved is an …The death of a beloved is an amputation.

Death Short

Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look …Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.

Love Fear

Aim at Heaven and you will get Earth 'thrown in': aim at Earth and you will get …Aim at Heaven and you will get Earth 'thrown in': aim at Earth and you will get neither.

Religion Earth

I didn't go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want …I didn't go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don't recommend Christianity.

Happiness Religion Comfort

Don't shine so that others can see you. Shine so that through you, others can see …Don't shine so that others can see you. Shine so that through you, others can see HIM.

What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share …What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.

Friendship Love Truth

No one ever told me that grief felt so like …No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.

Short Fear

Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man... …Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man... It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest. Once the element of competition is gone, pride is gone.

Pleasure

She's the sort of woman who lives for others - you can tell the others by their hunted …She's the sort of woman who lives for others - you can tell the others by their hunted expression.

Humor Women

You can't know, you can only believe - or …You can't know, you can only believe - or not.

Faith Short Belief Knowing

For you will certainly carry out God's purpose, however you act, but it makes a difference to you …For you will certainly carry out God's purpose, however you act, but it makes a difference to you whether you serve like Judas or like John.

A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his …A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.

Reading

If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just …If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.

Life Universe

The more often he feels without acting, the less he will be able ever to act, and, in the long run, …The more often he feels without acting, the less he will be able ever to act, and, in the long run, the less he will be able to feel.

Heart Action Feeling

I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I have been …I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I have been looking for all my life, though I never knew it till now... Come further up, come further in!

He's not safe, but he's good (About Aslan, the …He's not safe, but he's good (About Aslan, the Lion)

I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian …I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn't any Narnia.

But courage, child: we are all between the paws of the true …But courage, child: we are all between the paws of the true Aslan.