All C.S. Lewis Quotes
- I believe Buddhism to be a simplification of Hinduism and Islam to be a simplification of Xianity. Believe
- The higher the stakes, the greater the temptation to lose your temper. Greater
- I have seen great beauty of spirit in some who were great sufferers. I have seen men, for the most part, grow better not worse… Advancing
- You are guilty of no evil, Ransom of Thulcandra, except a little fearfulness. For that, the journey you go on is your pain, and perhaps… Brave
- Morality is a mountain which we cannot climb by our own efforts; and if we could we should only perish in the ice and unbreathable… Accomplished
- If God is Love, He is, by definition, something more than mere kindness. Definition
- Since I am I, I must make an act of self-surrender, however small or however easy, in living to God rather than to my self. Act
- You can't analyze God. He is too awesome, too big, too mysterious, Analyze
- Thus we have now for many centuries triumphed over nature to the extent of making certain secondary characteristics of the male (such as the beard)… All
- Christianity tells people to repent and promises them forgiveness. It therefore has nothing (as far as I know) to say to people who do not… Christianity
- The return from the walk, and the arrival of tea, should be exactly coincident, and not later than a quarter past four. Arrival
- You must have a capacity to receive, or even omnipotence can't give. Capacity
- If you have a religion it must be cosmic. Cosmic
- I can answer that only by hearsay, returned the Guide, for pain is a secret which he has shared with your race and not with… All
- The fundamental laws are in the long run merely statements that every event is itself and not some different event. Different Event
- For He (God) seems to do nothing of himself which He can possibly delegate to His creatures. Creatures
- If people knew how much ill-feeling unselfishness occasions, it would not be so often recommended from the pulpit. Feeling
- As for wrinkles--Pshaw! Why shouldn't we have wrinkles? Honorable insignia of long service in this warfare. Age
- It is Christ Himself, not the Bible, who is the true word of God. The Bible, read in the right spirit and with the guidance… Bible
- A faith in culture is as bad as a faith in religion; both expressions imply a turning away from those very things which culture and… Activities
- The proper motto is not Be good, sweet maid, and let who can be clever, but Be good sweet maid, and don't forget that this… Any
- What I like about experience is that it is such an honest thing. You may take any number of wrong turnings; but keep your eyes… Allowed
- The thing is to rely on God. The time will come when you will regard all this misery as a small price to pay for… All
- We can rest contentedly in our sins and in our stupidities, and anyone who has watched gluttons shoveling down the most exquisite foods as if… Admit
- Youth and age touch only the surface of our lives. Age