--- title: "28 Creatures Quotes By C. S. Lewis" description: "28 Creatures quotes by C. S. Lewis. Plus more from C. S. Lewis and more Creatures sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6f/c-s-lewis-2-132_creatures_we-are-all-fallen-creatures-and-all-very_277722.png" --- > [We are all fallen creatures and all very hard to live with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/we-are-all-fallen-creatures-and-all-very-hard-to-live-with/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6f/c-s-lewis-2-132_creatures_we-are-all-fallen-creatures-and-all-very_277722.png) > [We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/we-are-half-hearted-creatures-fooling-about-with-drink-and-sex-and-2/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/c-s-lewis-2-132_ambition_we-are-half-hearted-creatures-fooling-ab_1707213.png) > [We are not merely imperfect creatures who must be improved; we are rebels who must lay down our arms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/we-are-not-merely-imperfect-creatures-who-must-be-improved-we-are/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27b/c-s-lewis-2-132_arms_we-are-not-merely-imperfect-creatures-wh_2878500.png) > [The happiness which God designs for his higher creatures is the happiness of being freely, voluntarily united to him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/the-happiness-which-god-designs-for-his-higher-creatures-is-the/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f88/c-s-lewis-2-132_being-free_the-happiness-which-god-designs-for-his_975252.png) > [God, who needs nothing, loves into existence wholly superfluous creatures in order that he may love and perfect them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/god-who-needs-nothing-loves-into-existence-wholly-superfluous-2/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d4/c-s-lewis-2-132_creatures_god-who-needs-nothing-loves-into-existen_2676847.png) > [For He (God) seems to do nothing of himself which He can possibly delegate to His creatures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/for-he-god-seems-to-do-nothing-of-himself-which-he-can-possibly/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ea/c-s-lewis-2-132_creatures_for-he-god-seems-to-do-nothing-of-himsel_2954713.png) > [From the moment a creature becomes aware of God as God and of itself as self, the terrible alternative of choosing God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/from-the-moment-a-creature-becomes-aware-of-god-as-god-and-of-itself/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d1/c-s-lewis-2-132_alternatives_from-the-moment-a-creature-becomes-aware_2977028.png) > [When God becomes a Man and lives as a creature among His own creatures in Palestine, then indeed His life is one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/when-god-becomes-a-man-and-lives-as-a-creature-among-his-own/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9f/c-s-lewis-2-132_calvary_when-god-becomes-a-man-and-lives-as-a-cr_866401.png) > [It's all love or sex these days. Friendship is almost as quaint and outdated a notion as chastity. Soon friends will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/it-s-all-love-or-sex-these-days-friendship-is-almost-as-quaint-and/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc5/c-s-lewis-2-132_chastity_it-s-all-love-or-sex-these-days-friendsh_761842.png) > [A creature revolting against a creator is revolting against the source of his own powers-including even his power to revolt...It is like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/a-creature-revolting-against-a-creator-is-revolting-against-the/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b3/c-s-lewis-2-132_atheism_a-creature-revolting-against-a-creator-i_772054.png) > [God became man to turn creatures into sons: not simply to produce better men of the old kind but to produce a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/god-became-man-to-turn-creatures-into-sons-not-simply-to-produce/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/983/c-s-lewis-2-132_better-man_god-became-man-to-turn-creatures-into-so_2206529.png) > [Man was appointed by God to have dominion over the beasts, and everything a man does to an animal is either a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/man-was-appointed-by-god-to-have-dominion-over-the-beasts-and/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/c-s-lewis-2-132_abuse_man-was-appointed-by-god-to-have-dominio_168001.png) > [There is no good trying to be more spiritual than God. God never meant man to purely spiritual creature. That is why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/there-is-no-good-trying-to-be-more-spiritual-than-god-god-never-meant/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d89/c-s-lewis-2-132_bread_there-is-no-good-trying-to-be-more-spiri_663176.jpg) > [Every time you make a choice, you are turning the central part of you - the part that chooses - into something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/every-time-you-make-a-choice-you-are-turning-the-central-part-of-you-2/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bac/c-s-lewis-2-132_choice_every-time-you-make-a-choice-you-are-tur_1790163.png) > [The command "Be ye prfect" is not idealistic gas. Nor is it a command to do the impossible. He said (in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/the-command-be-ye-prfect-is-not-idealistic-gas-nor-is-it-a-command-to/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/868/c-s-lewis-2-132_bible_the-command-be-ye-prfect-is-not-idealist_2363231.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) > [We can conceive of a world in which God corrected the results of abuse of free will by His creatures: so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/we-can-conceive-of-a-world-in-which-god-corrected-the-results-of/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acc/c-s-lewis-2-132_abuse_we-can-conceive-of-a-world-in-which-god_404319.png) > [Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists. A baby feels hunger: well, there is such a thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/creatures-are-not-born-with-desires-unless-satisfaction-for-those/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a9/c-s-lewis-2-132_another-world_creatures-are-not-born-with-desires-unle_2149067.jpg) > [Away with tears and fears and troubles! United in wedlock with the eternal Godhead Itself, our nature ascends into the Heaven of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/away-with-tears-and-fears-and-troubles-united-in-wedlock-with-the/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b2/c-s-lewis-2-132_angel_away-with-tears-and-fears-and-troubles-u_2490624.png) > [Man, even now, can do wonders to animals: my cat and dog live together in my house and seem to like it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/man-even-now-can-do-wonders-to-animals-my-cat-and-dog-live-together/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/762/c-s-lewis-2-132_animal_man-even-now-can-do-wonders-to-animals-m_1448337.jpg) > [But if you are a poor creature--poisoned by a wretched up-bringing in some house full of vulgar jealousies and senseless quarrels--saddled, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/but-if-you-are-a-poor-creature-poisoned-by-a-wretched-up-bringing-in-2/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b85/c-s-lewis-2-132_best-friend_but-if-you-are-a-poor-creature-poisoned_2473418.png) > [Fallen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement: he is a rebel who must lay down his arms. Laying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/fallen-man-is-not-simply-an-imperfect-creature-who-needs-improvement-2/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75d/c-s-lewis-2-132_arms_fallen-man-is-not-simply-an-imperfect-cr_767762.png) > [I do not doubt that if the Paradisal man could now appear among us, we should regard him as an utter savage,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/i-do-not-doubt-that-if-the-paradisal-man-could-now-appear-among-us-we/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b7/c-s-lewis-2-132_creatures_i-do-not-doubt-that-if-the-paradisal-man_2305684.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) > [Every time you make a choice you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses, into something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/every-time-you-make-a-choice-you-are-turning-the-central-part-of-you-3/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97b/c-s-lewis-2-132_choice_every-time-you-make-a-choice-you-are-tur_3071334.png) > [If God thinks this state of war in the universe is a price worth paying for free will--that is, for making a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/if-god-thinks-this-state-of-war-in-the-universe-is-a-price-worth/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53f/c-s-lewis-2-132_can-do_if-god-thinks-this-state-of-war-in-the-u_813691.png) > [The Christian and the Materialist hold different beliefs about the universe. They can't both be right. The one who is wrong will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/the-christian-and-the-materialist-hold-different-beliefs-about-the/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bd/c-s-lewis-2-132_belief_the-christian-and-the-materialist-hold-d_1832550.jpg) > [Hell is a state of mind -- ye never said a truer word. And every state of mind, left to itself, every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/hell-is-a-state-of-mind-ye-never-said-a-truer-word-and-every-state-of-2/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58f/c-s-lewis-2-132_creatures_hell-is-a-state-of-mind-ye-never-said-a_2909502.jpg) ## Other authors on Creatures ## 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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