All C.S. Lewis Quotes
- Many things, such as loving, going to sleep, or behaving unaffectedly - are done worst when we try hardest to do them. Behaving
- Nothing is more characteristically juvenile than contempt for juvenility. . . youth's characteristic chronological snobbery. Characteristic
- Man must endure his going hence. Endure
- If they embark on this course the difference between the old and the new education will be an important one. Where the old initiated, the… Bird
- We read to know we are not alone. Alone
- We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. But mere time does nothing either to the fact or to the guilt of a… Cancels
- Do not waste time bothering whether you "love" your neighbor; act as if you did. Act
- To love is to be vulnerable.... Inspirational
- I have discovered that the people who believe most strongly in the next life do the most good in the present one. Believe
- Christian love, either towards God or towards man, is an affair of the will. Affair
- We may think God wants actions of a certain kind, but God wants people of a certain kind. Action
- How little people know who think that holiness is dull... When one meets the real thing, it's irresistible! Dull
- Our prayers for others flow more easily than those for ourselves. This shows we are made to live by charity. Charity
- God whispers in our pleasures, but shouts in our pain. God
- He who has not forgiven an enemy has never yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life. Enemy
- Something quite unexpected has happened. It came this morning early. For various reasons, not in themselves at all mysterious, my heart was lighter than it… All
- God knows our situation; He will not judge us as if we had no difficulties to overcome. What matters is the sincerity and perseverance of… Christian
- You cannot make men good by law: and without good men you cannot have a good society. Cannot Make
- It's always winter but it's never Christmas. Always Winter
- Unless Christianity is wholly false, the perception of ourselves which we have in moments of shame must be the only true one... Christianity