--- title: "6 Forgiven Quotes By C. S. Lewis" description: "6 Forgiven quotes by C. S. Lewis. Plus more from C. S. Lewis and more Forgiven sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ee/c-s-lewis-2-132_forgiven_the-good-man-s-past-begins-to-change-so_657256.png" --- > [The good man's past begins to change so that his forgiven sins and remembered sorrows take on the quality of Heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/the-good-man-s-past-begins-to-change-so-that-his-forgiven-sins-and/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ee/c-s-lewis-2-132_forgiven_the-good-man-s-past-begins-to-change-so_657256.png) > [Honest rejection of Christ, however mistaken, will be forgiven and healed ... but to evade the Son of Man, to look the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/honest-rejection-of-christ-however-mistaken-will-be-forgiven-and/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/c-s-lewis-2-132_be-a-man_honest-rejection-of-christ-however-mista_832319.png) > [He who has not forgiven an enemy has never yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/he-who-has-not-forgiven-an-enemy-has-never-yet-tasted-one-of-the-most/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08c/c-s-lewis-2-132_enemy_he-who-has-not-forgiven-an-enemy-has-nev_2473374.png) > [In the long run the answer to all those who object to the doctrine of hell, is itself a question: What are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/in-the-long-run-the-answer-to-all-those-who-object-to-the-doctrine-of/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8e/c-s-lewis-2-132_alas_in-the-long-run-the-answer-to-all-those_2596553.png) > [After each failure, ask forgiveness, pick yourself up, and try again. Very often what God first helps us toward is not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/after-each-failure-ask-forgiveness-pick-yourself-up-and-try-again-2/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5d/c-s-lewis-2-132_always-trying_after-each-failure-ask-forgiveness-pick_2721913.png) > [Forgiving and being forgiven are two names for the same thing. The important thing is that a discord has been resolved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/forgiving-and-being-forgiven-are-two-names-for-the-same-thing-the/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e77/c-s-lewis-2-132_discord_forgiving-and-being-forgiven-are-two-nam_3137117.png) ## Other authors on Forgiven ## 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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