--- title: "20 God love Quotes By C. S. Lewis" description: "20 God love quotes by C. S. Lewis. Plus more from C. S. Lewis and more God love sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e38/c-s-lewis-2-132_god_we-were-made-not-primarily-that-we-may-l_2856278.png" --- > [We were made not primarily that we may love God, but that God may love us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/we-were-made-not-primarily-that-we-may-love-god-but-that-god-may-love/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e38/c-s-lewis-2-132_god_we-were-made-not-primarily-that-we-may-l_2856278.png) > [On the whole, God’s love for us is a much safer subject to think about than our love for Him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/on-the-whole-god-s-love-for-us-is-a-much-safer-subject-to-think-about-2/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/c-s-lewis-2-132_god-love_on-the-whole-god-s-love-for-us-is-a-much_3184513.png) > [He (God) loved us not because we are lovable, but because He is love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/he-god-loved-us-not-because-we-are-lovable-but-because-he-is-love/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dd/c-s-lewis-2-132_christian_he-god-loved-us-not-because-we-are-lovab_656151.png) > [If we ignore it the truth that God is love may slyly come to mean for us the converse, that love is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/if-we-ignore-it-the-truth-that-god-is-love-may-slyly-come-to-mean-for/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da4/c-s-lewis-2-132_converses_if-we-ignore-it-the-truth-that-god-is-lo_1964692.png) > [If God is Love, He is, by definition, something more than mere kindness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/if-god-is-love-he-is-by-definition-something-more-than-mere-kindness/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec3/c-s-lewis-2-132_definitions_if-god-is-love-he-is-by-definition-somet_205638.png) > [God is love, and that love works through men-especially through the whole community of Christians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/god-is-love-and-that-love-works-through-men-especially-through-the/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf1/c-s-lewis-2-132_christian_god-is-love-and-that-love-works-through_2088418.png) > [When I have learned to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/when-i-have-learned-to-love-god-better-than-my-earthly-dearest-i/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55a/c-s-lewis-2-132_christian-love_when-i-have-learned-to-love-god-better-t_1228293.png) > [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/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c1/c-s-lewis-2-132_delight_god-loves-us-not-because-we-re-lovable-b_783857.png) > [Christianity does not involve the belief that all things were made for man. it does involve the belief that god loves man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/christianity-does-not-involve-the-belief-that-all-things-were-made/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee9/c-s-lewis-2-132_all-things_christianity-does-not-involve-the-belief_995808.png) > [A Christian society is not going to arrive until most of us really want it: and we are not going to want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/a-christian-society-is-not-going-to-arrive-until-most-of-us-really/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16c/c-s-lewis-2-132_black_a-christian-society-is-not-going-to-arri_62699.png) > [Is it easy to love God' asks an old author. 'It is easy,' he replies, 'to those who do it.' I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/is-it-easy-to-love-god-asks-an-old-author-it-is-easy-he-replies-to/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f04/c-s-lewis-2-132_all-things_is-it-easy-to-love-god-asks-an-old-autho_607823.jpg) > [If the immutable heart can be grieved by the puppets of its own making, it is Divine Omnipotence, no other, that has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/if-the-immutable-heart-can-be-grieved-by-the-puppets-of-its-own/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/914/c-s-lewis-2-132_deeper_if-the-immutable-heart-can-be-grieved-by_2646904.png) > [If God is Love, He is, by definition, something more than mere kindness. And it appears, from all the records, that though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/if-god-is-love-he-is-by-definition-something-more-than-mere-kindness-2/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64b/c-s-lewis-2-132_compliment_if-god-is-love-he-is-by-definition-somet_1674569.png) > [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/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a2/c-s-lewis-2-132_block_i-suggest-to-you-that-it-is-because-god_2531696.png) > [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/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/c-s-lewis-2-132_beautiful_there-are-two-kinds-of-love-we-love-wise_1954294.png) > [God lends us a little of His reasoning powers and that is how we think: He puts a little of His love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/god-lends-us-a-little-of-his-reasoning-powers-and-that-is-how-we/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82a/c-s-lewis-2-132_children_god-lends-us-a-little-of-his-reasoning-p_1098912.jpg) > [Love...is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit; reinforced by (in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/love-is-not-merely-a-feeling-it-is-a-deep-unity-maintained-by-the/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8e/c-s-lewis-2-132_asks_love-is-not-merely-a-feeling-it-is-a-dee_1841331.png) > [God's love is not wearied by our sins & is relentless in its determination that we be cured at whatever cost to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/god-s-love-is-not-wearied-by-our-sins-is-relentless-in-its/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b3/c-s-lewis-2-132_cost_god-s-love-is-not-wearied-by-our-sins-is_67975.png) > [A perfect man would never act from a sense of duty; he’d always want the right thing more than the wrong one.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/a-perfect-man-would-never-act-from-a-sense-of-duty-he-d-always-want/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/741/c-s-lewis-2-132_crutches_a-perfect-man-would-never-act-from-a-sen_1331486.jpg) > [On the whole, God’s love for us is a much safer subject to think about than our love for Him. Nobody can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/on-the-whole-god-s-love-for-us-is-a-much-safer-subject-to-think-about/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/524/c-s-lewis-2-132_affair_on-the-whole-god-s-love-for-us-is-a-much_1607193.jpg) ## Other authors on God love ## 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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