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title: "51 Giving Quotes By C. S. Lewis"
description: "C. S. Lewis quotes on poetry, divine help, and the meaning of generous giving."
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> [That fierce imprisonment in the self is but the obverse of the self-giving which is absolute reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/that-fierce-imprisonment-in-the-self-is-but-the-obverse-of-the-self/)

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> [Give up yourself, and you will find your real self. Lose your life and you will save it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/give-up-yourself-and-you-will-find-your-real-self-lose-your-life-and-2/)

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> [God gives His gifts where He finds the vessel empty enough to receive them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/god-gives-his-gifts-where-he-finds-the-vessel-empty-enough-to-receive/)

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> [Poetry too is a little incarnation, giving body to what had been before invisible and inaudible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/poetry-too-is-a-little-incarnation-giving-body-to-what-had-been/)

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> [A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/a-pipe-gives-a-wise-man-time-to-think-and-a-fool-something-to-stick/)

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> [God, in the end, gives people what they most want, including freedom from himself. What could be more fair?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/god-in-the-end-gives-people-what-they-most-want-including-freedom/)

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> [For in self-giving, if anywhere, we touch a rhythm not only of all creation but of all being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/for-in-self-giving-if-anywhere-we-touch-a-rhythm-not-only-of-all/)

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> [You can give the Devil too much or too little attention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/you-can-give-the-devil-too-much-or-too-little-attention/)

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> [God loves us NOT because we're lovable, because He is love. Not because He needs to receive, because He delights to give.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/god-loves-us-not-because-we-re-lovable-because-he-is-love-not-because/)

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> [Now Eros makes a man really want, not a woman, but one particular woman. In some mysterious but quite indisputable fashion the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/now-eros-makes-a-man-really-want-not-a-woman-but-one-particular-woman/)

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> [If devils exist, their first aim is to give you an anesthetic -- to put you off your guard. Only if that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/if-devils-exist-their-first-aim-is-to-give-you-an-anesthetic-to-put/)

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> [Christ says, 'Give me all. I don't want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/christ-says-give-me-all-i-don-t-want-so-much-of-your-time-and-so-much/)

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> [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/)

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> [We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is good, because it is good; if bad, because it works in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/we-ought-to-give-thanks-for-all-fortune-if-it-is-good-because-it-is/)

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> [I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/i-do-not-believe-one-can-settle-how-much-we-ought-to-give-i-am-afraid/)

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> [The fact that you are giving money to charity does not mean that you need not try to find out whether that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/the-fact-that-you-are-giving-money-to-charity-does-not-mean-that-you/)

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> [If and when a horror turns up you will then be given Grace to help you. I don't think one is usually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/if-and-when-a-horror-turns-up-you-will-then-be-given-grace-to-help/)

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> [When we want to be something other than the thing that God wants us to be, we must be wanting what, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/when-we-want-to-be-something-other-than-the-thing-that-god-wants-us/)

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> [Need-love says of a woman "I cannot live without her"; Gift-love longs to give her happiness, comfort, protection - if possible, wealth;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/need-love-says-of-a-woman-i-cannot-live-without-her-gift-love-longs-2/)

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> [But the most obvious fact about praise — whether of God or anything — strangely escaped me. I thought of it in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/but-the-most-obvious-fact-about-praise-whether-of-god-or-anything-2/)

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> [The only safe rule is to give more than we can spare. Our charities should pinch and hamper us. If we live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/the-only-safe-rule-is-to-give-more-than-we-can-spare-our-charities/)

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> [There are two kinds of love: we love wise and kind and beautiful people because we need them, but we love (or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/there-are-two-kinds-of-love-we-love-wise-and-kind-and-beautiful/)

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> [When we Christians behave badly, or fail to behave well, we are making Christianity unbelievable to the outside world. The wartime posters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/when-we-christians-behave-badly-or-fail-to-behave-well-we-are-making/)

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> [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/)

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> [But the most obvious fact about praise -- whether of God or anything -- strangely escaped me. I thought of it in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/but-the-most-obvious-fact-about-praise-whether-of-god-or-anything/)

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> [Christianity is not a patent medicine. Christianity claims to give an account of facts - to tell you what the real universe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/christianity-is-not-a-patent-medicine-christianity-claims-to-give-an/)

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> [ \[Milton's\] argument is (a) St. Augustine was wrong in thinking God's only purpose in giving Adam a female, instead of a male,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/milton-s-argument-is-a-st-augustine-was-wrong-in-thinking-god-s-only/)

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> [In the ancient world individuals have sold themselves as slaves, in order to eat. So in society. Here is a witch-doctor who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/in-the-ancient-world-individuals-have-sold-themselves-as-slaves-in/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [Gratitude exclaims, very properly, 'How good of God to give me this.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/gratitude-exclaims-very-properly-how-good-of-god-to-give-me-this/)

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> [Giving to the poor is an essential part of Christian morality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/giving-to-the-poor-is-an-essential-part-of-christian-morality/)

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> [Think of me as a fellow patient in the same hospital who, having been admitted a little earlier could give some advice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/think-of-me-as-a-fellow-patient-in-the-same-hospital-who-having-been/)

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> [ To admire Satan \[in Paradise Lost\] is to give one's vote not only for a world of misery, but also for a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/to-admire-satan-in-paradise-lost-is-to-give-one-s-vote-not-only-for-a/)

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> [To the glistening Eastern sea, I give you Queen Lucy, the Valiant. To the great Western Wood, King Edmund the Just. To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/to-the-glistening-eastern-sea-i-give-you-queen-lucy-the-valiant-to/)

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> [I suggest to you that it is because God loves us that he gives us the gift of suffering. Pain is God's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/i-suggest-to-you-that-it-is-because-god-loves-us-that-he-gives-us-the/)

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> [Most people, if they had really learned to look into their own hearts, would know that they do want, and want acutely,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/most-people-if-they-had-really-learned-to-look-into-their-own-hearts-2/)

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> [A great many people (not you) do now seem to think that the mere state of being worried is in itself meritorious.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/a-great-many-people-not-you-do-now-seem-to-think-that-the-mere-state/)

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> [Christ says, 'Give me all. I don't want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/christ-says-give-me-all-i-don-t-want-so-much-of-your-time-and-so-much-2/)

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> [I gave up Christianity at about 14. Came back to it when getting on for 30. Not an emotional conversion; almost purely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/i-gave-up-christianity-at-about-14-came-back-to-it-when-getting-on/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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