Misery Quotes by C. S. Lewis

11 Misery quotes by C. S. Lewis

C. S. Lewis provides eleven short passages that probe the depths of sorrow and hope. These lines aim to give a clear, compassionate view of how misery can shape the soul.

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It's always winter but it's never Christmas.

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Length of days with an evil heart is only length of misery.

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Nobody who gets enough food and clothing in a world where most are hungry and cold has any business to talk about…

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The thing is to rely on God. The time will come when you will regard all this misery as a small price…

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“As there is one Face above all worlds merely to see which is irrevocable joy, so at the bottom of all worlds…

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Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have…

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The choice of every lost soul can be expressed in the words "Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven." There…

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All human beings pass away. Do not let your happiness depend on something you may lose. If love is to be a…

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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…

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The poison was brewed in these West lands but it has spat itself everywhere by now. However far you went you would…

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That is the key to history. Terrific energy is expended - civilizations are built up - excellent institutions devised; but each time…

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The first fact in the history of Christendom is a number of people who say they have seen the Resurrection.

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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.

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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.

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