Sin Quotes by C. S. Lewis

24 Sin quotes by C. S. Lewis

C. S. Lewis blends imagination with moral clarity, dissecting sin’s subtle grip on the soul. His literary flair makes complex ethical ideas feel both accessible and compelling.

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By repenting, one acknowledges them as sins-therefore not to be repeated.

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Without sin, the universe is a Solemn Game: and there is no good game without rules.

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Every sin is the distortion of an energy breathed into us...

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We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin.

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Every uncorrected error and unrepented sin is, in its own right, a fountain of fresh error and fresh sin flowing on to…

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Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it by thinking incessantly about the sins of others.

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Every sin is the distortion of an energy breathed into us - an energy which, if not thus distorted, would have blossomed…

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The good man's past begins to change so that his forgiven sins and remembered sorrows take on the quality of Heaven.

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I think we all sin by needlessly disobeying the apostolic injunction to "rejoice" as much as by anything else

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God's love is not wearied by our sins & is relentless in its determination that we be cured at whatever cost to…

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We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. But mere time does nothing either to the fact or to the…

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We are told that Christ was killed for us, that His death has washed out our sins, and that by dying He…

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A recovery of the old sense of sin is essential to Christianity. Christ takes it for granted that men are bad. Until…

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Our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from…

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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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In the long run the answer to all those who object to the doctrine of hell, is itself a question: What are…

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We can rest contentedly in our sins and in our stupidities, and anyone who has watched gluttons shoveling down the most exquisite…

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You will say these are very small sins... [But] it does not matter how small the sins are provided that their cumulative…

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Fallen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement: he is a rebel who must lay down his arms. Laying…

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But the great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come and go, His love for us does not. It is…

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Both good and evil, when they are full grown, become retrospective...That is what mortals misunderstand. They say of some temporary suffering, 'No…

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It is not enough to want to get rid of one’s sins, we also need to believe in the One who saves…

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Pride, on the other hand, is the mother of all sins, and the original sin of lucifer… An instrument strung, but preferring…

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We poison the wine as He decants it into us; murder a melody He would play with us as the instrument...Hence all…

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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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Ink is the great cure for all human ills.

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A man may have to die for our country: but no man must, in any exclusive sense, live for his country. He who surrenders…

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War creates no absolutely new situation: it simply aggravates the permanent human situation so that we can no longer ignore it. Human life has…

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