--- title: "22 Courses Quotes By C. S. Lewis" description: "22 Courses quotes by C. S. Lewis. Plus more from C. S. Lewis and more Courses sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a7/c-s-lewis-2-132_all-time_to-move-with-the-times-is-of-course-to-g_1182419.png" --- > [To move with the times is, of course, to go where all times go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/to-move-with-the-times-is-of-course-to-go-where-all-times-go/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a7/c-s-lewis-2-132_all-time_to-move-with-the-times-is-of-course-to-g_1182419.png) > [The truth is, of course, that what one regards as interruptions are precisely one's life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/the-truth-is-of-course-that-what-one-regards-as-interruptions-are/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/640/c-s-lewis-2-132_courses_the-truth-is-of-course-that-what-one-reg_2518173.png) > [If Christianity was something we were making up, of course we could make it easier. But it is not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/if-christianity-was-something-we-were-making-up-of-course-we-could/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b34/c-s-lewis-2-132_christianity_if-christianity-was-something-we-were-ma_1567640.png) > [To have Faith in Christ means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in saying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/to-have-faith-in-christ-means-of-course-trying-to-do-all-that-he-says/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fb/c-s-lewis-2-132_advice_to-have-faith-in-christ-means-of-course_245239.png) > [Of course language is not an infallible guide, but it contains, with all its defects, a good deal of stored insight and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/of-course-language-is-not-an-infallible-guide-but-it-contains-with/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3f/c-s-lewis-2-132_courses_of-course-language-is-not-an-infallible_2327092.png) > [Most of us need the crutch at times; but of course it is idiotic to use the crutch when our own legs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/most-of-us-need-the-crutch-at-times-but-of-course-it-is-idiotic-to/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ce/c-s-lewis-2-132_can-do_most-of-us-need-the-crutch-at-times-but_2094291.png) > [Of course, we are to pray for spiritual awakening, and in various ways we can do something toward it. But we must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/of-course-we-are-to-pray-for-spiritual-awakening-and-in-various-ways/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04a/c-s-lewis-2-132_awakening_of-course-we-are-to-pray-for-spiritual-a_1164316.png) > [Of course it should be pointed out that, though all salvation is through Jesus, we need not conclude that he cannot save…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/of-course-it-should-be-pointed-out-that-though-all-salvation-is/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c5/c-s-lewis-2-132_accepted_of-course-it-should-be-pointed-out-that_1959913.png) > [You ask ‘for what’ God wants you. Isn’t the primary answer that He wants you. We’re not told that the lost sheep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/you-ask-for-what-god-wants-you-isn-t-the-primary-answer-that-he-wants/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/142/c-s-lewis-2-132_answers_you-ask-for-what-god-wants-you-isn-t-the_593263.png) > [Of course all children's literature is not fantastic, so all fantastic books need not be children's books. It is still possible, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/of-course-all-children-s-literature-is-not-fantastic-so-all-fantastic/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/675/c-s-lewis-2-132_adults_of-course-all-children-s-literature-is-n_368569.jpg) > [When an artist is in the strict sense working, he of course takes into account the existing tastes, interests and capacity of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/when-an-artist-is-in-the-strict-sense-working-he-of-course-takes-into/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51b/c-s-lewis-2-132_accounts_when-an-artist-is-in-the-strict-sense-wo_1055758.png) > [Do not imagine that if you meet a really humble man he will be what most people call "humble" nowadays: he will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/do-not-imagine-that-if-you-meet-a-really-humble-man-he-will-be-what/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a30/c-s-lewis-2-132_chaps_do-not-imagine-that-if-you-meet-a-really_2802193.png) > [Prayer is request. The essence of request, as distinct from compulsion, is that it may or may not be granted. And if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/prayer-is-request-the-essence-of-request-as-distinct-from-compulsion/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1e/c-s-lewis-2-132_compulsion_prayer-is-request-the-essence-of-request_2571958.jpg) > [Thus the criminal ceases to be a person, a subject of rights and duties, and becomes merely an object on which society…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/thus-the-criminal-ceases-to-be-a-person-a-subject-of-rights-and/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90d/c-s-lewis-2-132_cease_thus-the-criminal-ceases-to-be-a-person_2770266.png) > [Don't you understand anything? Isn't it absolutely essential to keep a fierce Left and a fierce Right, both on their toes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/don-t-you-understand-anything-isn-t-it-absolutely-essential-to-keep-a/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f9/c-s-lewis-2-132_courses_don-t-you-understand-anything-isn-t-it-a_20831.png) > [Non-Christians seem to think that the Incarnation implies some particular merit or excellence in humanity. But of course it implies just the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/non-christians-seem-to-think-that-the-incarnation-implies-some/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/c-s-lewis-2-132_christ_non-christians-seem-to-think-that-the-in_1082703.png) > [Temperance referred not abstaining, but going the right length and no further...of course it may be the duty of a particular Christian,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/temperance-referred-not-abstaining-but-going-the-right-length-and-no/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbc/c-s-lewis-2-132_abstaining_temperance-referred-not-abstaining-but-g_1445461.jpg) > [If they embark on this course the difference between the old and the new education will be an important one. Where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/if-they-embark-on-this-course-the-difference-between-the-old-and-the/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fb/c-s-lewis-2-132_bird_if-they-embark-on-this-course-the-differ_2008438.png) > [It is usual to speak in a playfully apologetic tone about one's adult enjoyment of what are called 'children's books.' I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/it-is-usual-to-speak-in-a-playfully-apologetic-tone-about-one-s-adult-2/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da8/c-s-lewis-2-132_adults_it-is-usual-to-speak-in-a-playfully-apol_2627599.jpg) > [Man has got to take charge of Man… Then real education, including pre-natal education. By real education I mean one that has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/man-has-got-to-take-charge-of-man-then-real-education-including-pre/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28a/c-s-lewis-2-132_brain_man-has-got-to-take-charge-of-man-then-r_1976482.png) > [If Christianity was something we were making up, of course we could make it easier. But it is not. We cannot compete,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/if-christianity-was-something-we-were-making-up-of-course-we-could-2/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/582/c-s-lewis-2-132_bother_if-christianity-was-something-we-were-ma_2591551.png) > [A perfect practice of Christianity would, of course, consist in a perfect imitation of the life of Christ -- I mean, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/a-perfect-practice-of-christianity-would-of-course-consist-in-a/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/545/c-s-lewis-2-132_bachelors_a-perfect-practice-of-christianity-would_2471175.jpg) ## Other authors on Courses ## More by C. S. Lewis > [One of our great allies at present is the Church itself. Do not misunderstand me. I do not mean the Church as we see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/one-of-our-great-allies-at-present-is-the-church-itself-do-not/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) > [Either Jesus is the Son of God ; or a madman or worse. But His being just a great teacher? He's not left that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/either-jesus-is-the-son-of-god-or-a-madman-or-worse-but-his-being/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) > [To every soul, God will look like its first love because He IS its first love. Your place in heaven will seem to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/to-every-soul-god-will-look-like-its-first-love-because-he-is-its/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/don-t-you-understand-anything-isn-t-it-absolutely-essential-to-keep-a/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) > [“Really great moral teachers never do introduce new moralities: it is quacks and cranks who do that. As”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/really-great-moral-teachers-never-do-introduce-new-moralities-it-is/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) > [“When He died in the Wounded World He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/when-he-died-in-the-wounded-world-he-died-not-for-men-but-for-each/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/all-i-am-in-private-life-is-a-literary-critic-and-historian-that-s-my/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) > [If a man is going to write on chemistry, he learns chemistry. The same is true of Christianity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/if-a-man-is-going-to-write-on-chemistry-he-learns-chemistry-the-same/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) > [The first fact in the history of Christendom is a number of people who say they have seen the Resurrection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/the-first-fact-in-the-history-of-christendom-is-a-number-of-people/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) > [I#pray because the need flows out of me all the time-walking and sleeping. It does not change # God - it changes me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/i-pray-because-the-need-flows-out-of-me-all-the-time-walking-and/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) > [Are the gods not just?' 'Oh no, child. What would become us us if they were?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/are-the-gods-not-just-oh-no-child-what-would-become-us-us-if-they-were/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) > [Love is more than an emotion, it is a decision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/love-is-more-than-an-emotion-it-is-a-decision/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) > [Ink is the great cure for all human ills.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/ink-is-the-great-cure-for-all-human-ills/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) > [A man may have to die for our country: but no man must, in any exclusive sense, live for his country. He who surrenders…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/a-man-may-have-to-die-for-our-country-but-no-man-must-in-any/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) > [War creates no absolutely new situation: it simply aggravates the permanent human situation so that we can no longer ignore it. Human life has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/war-creates-no-absolutely-new-situation-it-simply-aggravates-the/) [C. S. 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