Mean Quotes by C. S. Lewis

Laziness means more work in the long run.

— C. S. Lewis

Forgiveness does not mean excusing.

— C. S. Lewis

Never exaggerate. Never say more than you really mean.

— C. S. Lewis

If you think you are not conceited, it means you are very conceited indeed.

— C. S. Lewis

If we ignore it the truth that God is love may slyly come to mean for us the converse, that love is…

— C. S. Lewis

If you don't listen to theology, that won't mean you have no ideas about God, it will mean you have a lot…

— C. S. Lewis

The most deeply compelled action is also the freest action. By that I mean, no part of you is outside the action.

— C. S. Lewis

The fact that you are giving money to charity does not mean that you need not try to find out whether that…

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In the name of the Fathers, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, here goes-I mean Amen.

— C. S. Lewis

...if all we mean by our love is a craving to be loved, we are in a very deplorable state.

— C. S. Lewis

I can say a prayer while washing my teeth, but that does not mean I should wash my teeth in church.

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I care far more how humanity lives than how long. Progress, for me, means increasing goodness and happiness of individual lives. For…

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To excuse what can really produce good excuses is not Christian charity; it is only fairness. To be a Christian means to…

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Omnipotence means power to do all that is intrinsically possible, not to do the intrinsically impossible. You may attribute miracles to Him,…

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I mean, the more a man was in the Devil's power, the less he would be aware of it, on the principle…

— C. S. Lewis

Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else. (Notice this means that if…

— C. S. Lewis

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very;' otherwise, you'll have no words left when…

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Solemnity is proper in church, but things that are proper in church are not necessarily proper outside, and vice versa. For example,…

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And what about you? You must be some kind of beardless dwarf?...You mean to say, that you're a daughter of Eve?...Y-yes, but,…

— C. S. Lewis

We must beware of the Past, mustn't we? I mean that any fixing of the mind on old evils beyond what is…

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God can show Himself as He really is only to real men. And that means not simply to men who are individually…

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Man has got to take charge of Man… Then real education, including pre-natal education. By real education I mean one that has…

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To forgive the incessant provocations of daily life - to keep on forgiving the bossy mother-in-law, the bullying husband, the nagging wife,…

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A perfect practice of Christianity would, of course, consist in a perfect imitation of the life of Christ -- I mean, in…

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Man's conquest of Nature, if the dreams of some scientific planners are realized, means the rule of a few hundreds of men…

— C. S. Lewis

For the church is not a human society of people united by their natural affinities but the Body of Christ, in which…

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Believing things on authority only means believing them because you have been told them by someone you think trustworthy. Ninety-nine per cent…

— C. S. Lewis

Fine feelings, new insights, greater interest in ʿreligionʾ mean nothing unless they make our actual behavior better...

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The Glory of God, and, as our only means of glorifying Him, the salvation of human souls, is the real business of…

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Perfect goodness can never debate about the end to be attained, and perfect wisdom cannot debate about the means most suited to…

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As the king governs by his executive, so Reason in man must rule the mere appetites by means of the 'spirited element.'

— C. S. Lewis

Always try to use the language so as to make quite clear what you mean and make sure your sentence couldn't mean…

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Progress means movement in a desired direction, and we do not all desire the same things for our species.

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Love, in the Christian sense, does not mean an emotion. It is a state not of the feelings but of the will;…

— C. S. Lewis

[Repentance] means unlearning all the self-conceit and self -will that we have been training ourselves into... It means killing part of yourself,…

— C. S. Lewis

Have you not seen that in our days Of any whose story, song or art Delights us, our sincerest praise Means, when…

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And what about you? You must be some kind of beardless dwarf?" "I'm not a dwarf! I'm a girl. And actually I'm…

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To have Faith in Christ means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in saying…

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It means that though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still that she did not know. Her…

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Let me make it quite clear that when Christians say the Christ-life is in them, they do not mean simply something mental…

— C. S. Lewis