--- title: "6 Impulse Quotes By C. S. Lewis" description: "6 Impulse quotes by C. S. Lewis. Plus more from C. S. Lewis and more Impulse sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f44/c-s-lewis-2-132_absolutes_the-most-dangerous-thing-you-can-do-is-t_185309.jpg" --- > [The most dangerous thing you can do is to take any one impulse of your own nature and set it up as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/the-most-dangerous-thing-you-can-do-is-to-take-any-one-impulse-of/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f44/c-s-lewis-2-132_absolutes_the-most-dangerous-thing-you-can-do-is-t_185309.jpg) > [Theocracy is the worst of all governments. If we must have a tyrant, a robber baron is far better than an inquisitor.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/theocracy-is-the-worst-of-all-governments-if-we-must-have-a-tyrant-a/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/611/c-s-lewis-2-132_approval_theocracy-is-the-worst-of-all-government_917257.jpg) > [The most dangerous thing you can do is to take any one impulse of your own nature and set it up as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/the-most-dangerous-thing-you-can-do-is-to-take-any-one-impulse-of-2/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aeb/c-s-lewis-2-132_can-do_the-most-dangerous-thing-you-can-do-is-t_1091300.png) > [Writing is like a 'lust,' or like 'scratching when you itch.' Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/writing-is-like-a-lust-or-like-scratching-when-you-itch-writing-comes/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/995/c-s-lewis-2-132_come_writing-is-like-a-lust-or-like-scratchin_1411724.jpg) > [We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/we-never-find-out-the-strength-of-the-evil-impulse-inside-us-until-we-2/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61a/c-s-lewis-2-132_evil_we-never-find-out-the-strength-of-the-ev_1844144.png) > [I would say if a man is going to write on chemistry, he learns chemistry. The same is true of Christianity. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/i-would-say-if-a-man-is-going-to-write-on-chemistry-he-learns/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad8/c-s-lewis-2-132_advise_i-would-say-if-a-man-is-going-to-write-o_2342664.jpg) ## Other authors on Impulse ## 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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