--- title: "12 Modern Quotes By C. S. Lewis" description: "12 Modern quotes by C. S. Lewis. Plus more from C. S. Lewis and more Modern sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/127/c-s-lewis-2-132_ancients_to-the-ancients-friendship-seemed-the-ha_3012537.png" --- > [To the Ancients, Friendship seemed the happiest and most fully human of all loves... The modern world in comparison, ignores it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/to-the-ancients-friendship-seemed-the-happiest-and-most-fully-human-2/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/127/c-s-lewis-2-132_ancients_to-the-ancients-friendship-seemed-the-ha_3012537.png) > [No doubt those who really founded modern science were usually those whose love of truth exceeded their love of power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/no-doubt-those-who-really-founded-modern-science-were-usually-those/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/212/c-s-lewis-2-132_doubt_no-doubt-those-who-really-founded-modern_1729450.jpg) > [The modern idea of a Great Man is one who stands at the lonely extremity of some single line of development--](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/the-modern-idea-of-a-great-man-is-one-who-stands-at-the-lonely/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/713/c-s-lewis-2-132_development_the-modern-idea-of-a-great-man-is-one-wh_1853696.png) > [The point is that for our ancestors, the universe was a picture; for modern physics it is a story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/the-point-is-that-for-our-ancestors-the-universe-was-a-picture-for/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f0/c-s-lewis-2-132_ancestor_the-point-is-that-for-our-ancestors-the_1004227.png) > [The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/the-task-of-the-modern-educator-is-not-to-cut-down-jungles-but-to-2/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/602/c-s-lewis-2-132_deserts_the-task-of-the-modern-educator-is-not-t_3197005.png) > [The Christians say that God has done miracles. The modern world, even when it believes in God, and even when it has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/the-christians-say-that-god-has-done-miracles-the-modern-world-even/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/018/c-s-lewis-2-132_believe_the-christians-say-that-god-has-done-mir_1831992.png) > [Much of the modern resistance to chastity comes from men's belief that they 'own' their bodies—those vast and perilous estates, pulsating with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/much-of-the-modern-resistance-to-chastity-comes-from-men-s-belief/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c35/c-s-lewis-2-132_belief_much-of-the-modern-resistance-to-chastit_1493718.png) > [The ancient man approached God (or even the gods)as the accused person approaches his judge. For the modern man the roles are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/the-ancient-man-approached-god-or-even-the-gods-as-the-accused-person/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bd/c-s-lewis-2-132_accused_the-ancient-man-approached-god-or-even-t_2876502.png) > [There is one bit of advice given us by the ancient Greeks, and by the Jews in the Old Testament, and by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/there-is-one-bit-of-advice-given-us-by-the-ancient-greeks-and-by-the/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/301/c-s-lewis-2-132_advice_there-is-one-bit-of-advice-given-us-by-t_3058575.png) > [I am perfectly convinced that whatever the gospels are they are not legends. I have read a great deal of legend and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/i-am-perfectly-convinced-that-whatever-the-gospels-are-they-are-not/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7a/c-s-lewis-2-132_art_i-am-perfectly-convinced-that-whatever-t_1987609.png) > [The Intelligentsia (scientists apart) are losing all touch with, and all influence over, nearly the whole human race. Our most esteemed poets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/the-intelligentsia-scientists-apart-are-losing-all-touch-with-and-all/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ae/c-s-lewis-2-132_america_the-intelligentsia-scientists-apart-are_1078325.png) > [The modern State exists not to protect our rights but to do us good or make us good - anyway, to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/the-modern-state-exists-not-to-protect-our-rights-but-to-do-us-good/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab8/c-s-lewis-2-132_animal_the-modern-state-exists-not-to-protect-o_2171195.jpg) ## Other authors on Modern ## 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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I have read a great deal of legend and I am quite clear they are not that sort of thing…Christ bent down and scribbled in the dust with His finger. Nothing comes of this. No one has based any doctrine on it. And the act of inventing little irrelevant details to make an imaginary scene more convincing is purely a modern art.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "C. S. 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