--- title: "3 God Invade Quotes By C.S. Lewis" description: "3 God Invade quotes by C.S. Lewis. Plus more from C.S. Lewis and more God Invade sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe7/c-s-lewis-121_end-of-the-world_god-will-invade-but-i-wonder-whether-peo_1268075.jpg" --- > [“God will invade. But I wonder whether people who ask God to interfere openly and directly in our world quite realise what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/god-will-invade-but-i-wonder-whether-people-who-ask-god-to-interfere/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe7/c-s-lewis-121_end-of-the-world_god-will-invade-but-i-wonder-whether-peo_1268075.jpg) > [“God will invade. But I wonder whether people who ask God to interfere openly and directly in our world quite realise what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/god-will-invade-but-i-wonder-whether-people-who-ask-god-to-interfere-2/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fe/c-s-lewis-121_end-of-the-world_god-will-invade-but-i-wonder-whether-peo_1897532.jpg) > [“Why is God landing in this enemy-occupied world in disguise and starting a sort of secret society to undermine the devil? Why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/why-is-god-landing-in-this-enemy-occupied-world-in-disguise-and/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/580/c-s-lewis-121_end-of-the-world_why-is-god-landing-in-this-enemy-occupie_1928498.jpg) ## More by C.S. Lewis > [“At the moment, then, of Man’s victory over Nature, we find the whole human race subjected to some individual men, and those individuals subjected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/at-the-moment-then-of-man-s-victory-over-nature-we-find-the-whole/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) > [“Isn’t it absolutely essential to keep a fierce Left and a fierce Right, both on their toes and each terrified of the other?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/isn-t-it-absolutely-essential-to-keep-a-fierce-left-and-a-fierce/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) > [“All Hell is smaller than one pebble of your earthly world: but it is smaller than one atom of this world, the Real World.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/all-hell-is-smaller-than-one-pebble-of-your-earthly-world-but-it-is/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) > [“the greatest service we can do to education today is to teach fewer subjects. No one has time to do more than a very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/the-greatest-service-we-can-do-to-education-today-is-to-teach-fewer/) [C.S. 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