“Perhaps the bereaved ought to be isolated in special settlements like lepers.” — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I have always at least, ever since I can remember had a kind of longing for death. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I shall not find till after death. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Only He who really lived a human life (and I presume that only one did) can fully taste the horror of death. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The central Christian belief is that Christ's death has somehow put us right with God and given us a fresh start. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step; for lasting passion is the dream of a harlot and from… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
[Repentance] means unlearning all the self-conceit and self -will that we have been training ourselves into... It means killing part of yourself,… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
It will not bother me in the hour of death to reflect that I have been "had for a sucker" by any… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
We are told that Christ was killed for us, that His death has washed out our sins, and that by dying He… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I shall not find till after death; I must… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
With my mother's death all settled happiness, all that was tranquil and reliable, disappeared from my life. There was to be much… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The central Christian belief is that Christ's death has somehow put us right with God and given us a fresh start. Theories… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Those who put themselves in His hands will become perfect, as He is perfect- perfect in love, wisdom, joy, beauty, health, and… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
A society where the simple many obey the few seers can live; a society where all were seers could live even more… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The heart of Christianity is a myth which is also a fact. The old myth of the Dying God, without ceasing to… — 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