If Christianity was something we were making up, of course we could make it easier. But it is not. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Of course it should be pointed out that, though all salvation is through Jesus, we need not conclude that he cannot save… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Of course, we are to pray for spiritual awakening, and in various ways we can do something toward it. But we must… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Of course language is not an infallible guide, but it contains, with all its defects, a good deal of stored insight and… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Most of us need the crutch at times; but of course it is idiotic to use the crutch when our own legs… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
To have Faith in Christ means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in saying… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
A perfect practice of Christianity would, of course, consist in a perfect imitation of the life of Christ -- I mean, in… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Man has got to take charge of Man… Then real education, including pre-natal education. By real education I mean one that has… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Don't you understand anything? Isn't it absolutely essential to keep a fierce Left and a fierce Right, both on their toes and… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Non-Christians seem to think that the Incarnation implies some particular merit or excellence in humanity. But of course it implies just the… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Of course all children's literature is not fantastic, so all fantastic books need not be children's books. It is still possible, even… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
When an artist is in the strict sense working, he of course takes into account the existing tastes, interests and capacity of… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
You ask ‘for what’ God wants you. Isn’t the primary answer that He wants you. We’re not told that the lost sheep… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
If they embark on this course the difference between the old and the new education will be an important one. Where the… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Temperance referred not abstaining, but going the right length and no further...of course it may be the duty of a particular Christian,… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The truth is, of course, that what one regards as interruptions are precisely one's life. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
If Christianity was something we were making up, of course we could make it easier. But it is not. We cannot compete,… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Prayer is request. The essence of request, as distinct from compulsion, is that it may or may not be granted. And if… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Do not imagine that if you meet a really humble man he will be what most people call "humble" nowadays: he will… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Thus the criminal ceases to be a person, a subject of rights and duties, and becomes merely an object on which society… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
It is usual to speak in a playfully apologetic tone about one's adult enjoyment of what are called 'children's books.' I think… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
One of our great allies at present is the Church itself. Do not misunderstand me. I do not mean the Church as we see… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Either Jesus is the Son of God ; or a madman or worse. But His being just a great teacher? He's not left that… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
To every soul, God will look like its first love because He IS its first love. Your place in heaven will seem to be… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Don't you understand anything? Isn't it absolutely essential to keep a fierce Left and a fierce Right, both on their toes and each terrified… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Really great moral teachers never do introduce new moralities: it is quacks and cranks who do that. As” — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“When He died in the Wounded World He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
All I am in private life is a literary critic and historian, that's my job...And I'm prepared to say on that basis if anyone… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
If a man is going to write on chemistry, he learns chemistry. The same is true of Christianity. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The first fact in the history of Christendom is a number of people who say they have seen the Resurrection. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I#pray because the need flows out of me all the time-walking and sleeping. It does not change # God - it changes me. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Are the gods not just?' 'Oh no, child. What would become us us if they were? — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
![“You ask ‘for what’ God wants you. Isn’t the primary answer that He wants you. We’re not told that the lost sheep was sought out for anything except itself [Matthew 18:12-14; Luke 15:3-7]. Of course, He may have a special job for you: and the certain job is that of becoming more and more His.” quote by C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/142/c-s-lewis-2-132_answers_you-ask-for-what-god-wants-you-isn-t-the_593263.jpg)
