--- title: "13 C-s-lewis Quotes By C.S. Lewis" description: "13 C-s-lewis quotes by C.S. Lewis. Plus more from C.S. Lewis and more C-s-lewis sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb5/c-s-lewis-121_c-s-lewis_thought-is-what-we-start-from-the-simple_1373567.jpg" --- > [“Thought is what we start from: the simple, intimate, immediate datum. Matter is the inferred thing, the mystery.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/thought-is-what-we-start-from-the-simple-intimate-immediate-datum/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb5/c-s-lewis-121_c-s-lewis_thought-is-what-we-start-from-the-simple_1373567.jpg) > [“Nobody can always have devout feelings: and even if we could, feelings are not what God principally cares about.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/nobody-can-always-have-devout-feelings-and-even-if-we-could-feelings/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39e/c-s-lewis-121_c-s-lewis_nobody-can-always-have-devout-feelings-a_1189321.jpg) > [“One gets glimpses, even in our country, of that which is ageless--heavy thought in the face of an infant, and frolic childhood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/one-gets-glimpses-even-in-our-country-of-that-which-is-ageless-heavy/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/c-s-lewis-121_ageless_one-gets-glimpses-even-in-our-country-of_3214613.jpg) > [“To love, and to lose what we love, are equally things appointed for our nature. If we cannot bear the second well,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/to-love-and-to-lose-what-we-love-are-equally-things-appointed-for-our/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/701/c-s-lewis-121_c-s-lewis_to-love-and-to-lose-what-we-love-are-equ_702827.jpg) > [“No man who cares about originality will ever be original. It's the man who's only thinking about doing a good job or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/no-man-who-cares-about-originality-will-ever-be-original-it-s-the-man/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bb/c-s-lewis-121_c-s-lewis_no-man-who-cares-about-originality-will_1640854.jpg) > [“The whole story, paradoxically enough, strengthens our relish for real life. This excursion into the preposterous sends us back with renewed pleasure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/the-whole-story-paradoxically-enough-strengthens-our-relish-for-real/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80a/c-s-lewis-121_c-s-lewis_the-whole-story-paradoxically-enough-str_1862548.jpg) > [“Feelings come and go, and when they come a good use can be made of them, but they cannot be our regular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/feelings-come-and-go-and-when-they-come-a-good-use-can-be-made-of/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/c-s-lewis-121_c-s-lewis_feelings-come-and-go-and-when-they-come_670228.jpg) > [“My own plans are made. While I can, I sail east in the Dawn Treader. When she fails me, I paddle east…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/my-own-plans-are-made-while-i-can-i-sail-east-in-the-dawn-treader/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e37/c-s-lewis-121_c-s-lewis_my-own-plans-are-made-while-i-can-i-sail_2186182.jpg) > [“Hours later there came a change. It began to grow light in the bus. The greyness outside the windows turned from mud-colour…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/hours-later-there-came-a-change-it-began-to-grow-light-in-the-bus-the/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eed/c-s-lewis-121_astronomy_hours-later-there-came-a-change-it-began_1071496.jpg) > [“the fairy tale stirs and troubles him (to his life-long enrichment) with the dim sense of something beyond his reach and, far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/the-fairy-tale-stirs-and-troubles-him-to-his-life-long-enrichment/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12e/c-s-lewis-121_c-s-lewis_the-fairy-tale-stirs-and-troubles-him-to_2560252.jpg) > [“I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/i-think-we-delight-to-praise-what-we-enjoy-because-the-praise-not/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/720/c-s-lewis-121_c-s-lewis_i-think-we-delight-to-praise-what-we-enj_1576753.jpg) > [“All Hell is smaller than one pebble of your earthly world: but it is smaller than one atom of this world, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/all-hell-is-smaller-than-one-pebble-of-your-earthly-world-but-it-is/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83a/c-s-lewis-121_c-s-lewis_all-hell-is-smaller-than-one-pebble-of-y_15315.jpg) > [“I am progressing along the path of life in my ordinary contentedly fallen and godless condition, absorbed in a merry meeting with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/i-am-progressing-along-the-path-of-life-in-my-ordinary-contentedly/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e8/c-s-lewis-121_another-world_i-am-progressing-along-the-path-of-life_2805111.jpg) ## More by C.S. Lewis > [“At the moment, then, of Man’s victory over Nature, we find the whole human race subjected to some individual men, and those individuals subjected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/at-the-moment-then-of-man-s-victory-over-nature-we-find-the-whole/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) > [“Isn’t it absolutely essential to keep a fierce Left and a fierce Right, both on their toes and each terrified of the other?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/isn-t-it-absolutely-essential-to-keep-a-fierce-left-and-a-fierce/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) > [“All Hell is smaller than one pebble of your earthly world: but it is smaller than one atom of this world, the Real World.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/all-hell-is-smaller-than-one-pebble-of-your-earthly-world-but-it-is/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) > [“the greatest service we can do to education today is to teach fewer subjects. No one has time to do more than a very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/the-greatest-service-we-can-do-to-education-today-is-to-teach-fewer/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) > [“If the Divine call does not make us better, it will make us very much worse. Of all bad men religious bad men are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/if-the-divine-call-does-not-make-us-better-it-will-make-us-very-much/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) > [“The husband is the head of the wife just in so far as he is to her what Christ is to the Church -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/the-husband-is-the-head-of-the-wife-just-in-so-far-as-he-is-to-her/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) > [“We use a most unfortunate idiom when we say, of a lustful man prowling the streets, that he "wants a woman". Strictly speaking, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/we-use-a-most-unfortunate-idiom-when-we-say-of-a-lustful-man-prowling/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) > [“Después de cada fracaso, pedid perdón, levantaos del suelo y volved a intentarlo. Muy a menudo, lo que Dios nos otorga primero no es…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/despu-s-de-cada-fracaso-pedid-perd-n-levantaos-del-suelo-y-volved-a/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) > [“Then two wonders happened at the same moment. One was that the voice was suddenly joined by other voices; more voices than you could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/then-two-wonders-happened-at-the-same-moment-one-was-that-the-voice/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) > [“Because free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/because-free-will-though-it-makes-evil-possible-is-also-the-only/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) > [“Laugh and fear not, creatures. Now that you are no longer dumb and witless, you need not always be grave. For jokes as well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/laugh-and-fear-not-creatures-now-that-you-are-no-longer-dumb-and/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) > [“When two humans have lived together for many years it usually happens that each has tones of voice and expressions of face which are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/when-two-humans-have-lived-together-for-many-years-it-usually-happens/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) > [“He sees as well as you do that courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/he-sees-as-well-as-you-do-that-courage-is-not-simply-one-of-the/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) > [“If you do not take the distinction between good and bad very seriously, then it is easy to say that anything you find in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/if-you-do-not-take-the-distinction-between-good-and-bad-very/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) > [“Now the whole offer which Christianity makes is this: that we can, if we let God have His way, come to share in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/now-the-whole-offer-which-christianity-makes-is-this-that-we-can-if/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/c-s-lewis/c-s-lewis-2/#itemlist", "name": "13 C-s-lewis Quotes By C.S. 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If all Hell's miseries together entered the consciousness of yon wee yellow bird on the bough there, they would be swallowed up without trace, as if one drop of ink had been dropped into that Great Ocean to which your terrestrial Pacific is only a molecule' 'I see,' said I at last. 'She couldn't fit into Hell.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "C.S. 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