All C.S. Lewis Quotes
- Which of the religions of the world gives to its followers the greatest happiness? While it lasts, the religion of worshiping oneself is best. Best
- The greatest evil is not done in those sordid dens of evil that Dickens loved to paint ... but is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded,… Carpeted
- Every poet and musician and artist, but for grace, is drawn away from love of the things he tells to love of the telling... Artist
- The basic proposal of the new education is to be that dunces and idlers must not be made to feel inferior to intelligent and industrious… Basic
- Language exists to communicate whatever it can communicate. Some things it communicates so badly that we never attempt to communicate them by words if any… Any
- What the soul cries out for is the resurrection of the senses. Even in this life, matter would be nothing to us if it were… Cries
- Man was appointed by God to have dominion over the beasts, and everything a man does to an animal is either a lawful exercise or… Abuse
- What we have been told is how we men can be drawn into Christ-can become part of that wonderful present which the young Prince of… Bad
- Man, even now, can do wonders to animals: my cat and dog live together in my house and seem to like it. It may have… Animal
- Nobody who gets enough food and clothing in a world where most are hungry and cold has any business to talk about 'misery.' Any
- In order that we finite beings may apprehend the Emporer He translates His glory into multiple forms - into stars, woods, waters, beasts, and the… Apprehend
- Every time you make a choice, you are turning the central part of you - the part that chooses - into something a little different… All
- You understand sleep when you are awake, not while you are sleeping. You can see mistakes in arithmetic when your mind is working properly; while… Arithmetic
- The ancient man approached God (or even the gods)as the accused person approaches his judge. For the modern man the roles are reversed. He is… Accused
- To forgive the incessant provocations of daily life - to keep on forgiving the bossy mother-in-law, the bullying husband, the nagging wife, the selfish daughter,… Bossy
- I care far more how humanity lives than how long. Progress, for me, means increasing goodness and happiness of individual lives. For the species, as… Care
- Progress means movement in a desired direction, and we do not all desire the same things for our species. All
- The question about progress has become the question whether we can discover any way of submitting to the worldwide paternalism of a technocracy without losing… All
- Here, I think, lies our real dilemma. Probably we cannot, certainly we shall not, retrace our steps. We are tamed animals (some with kind, some… Animal
- As a Christian I take it for granted that human history will some day end; and I am offering Omniscience no advice as to the… Advice
- We have on the one hand a desperate need; hunger, sickness, and the dread of war. We have, on the other, the conception of something… Apparent
- Bad art is never really enjoyed in the same sense in which good art is enjoyed. It is only "liked": it never startles, prostrates, and… Art
- The desire for bad art is the desire bred of habit: like the smoker's desire for tobacco, more marked by the extreme malaise of denial… Any
- If you think you are not conceited, it means you are very conceited indeed. Conceit
- Into the void of silence, into the empty space of nothing, the joy of life is unfurled. Empty