All C.S. Lewis Quotes
- We regard God as an airman regards his parachute; it's there for emergencies but he hopes he'll never have to use it. Airman
- Try to exclude the possibility of suffering which the order of nature and the existence of free-wills involve, and you find that you have excluded… Exclude
- Odd, the way the less the Bible is read the more it is translated Bible
- The notion that everyone would like Christianity to be true, and therefore all atheists are brave men who have accepted the defeat of all their… Accepted
- You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you. Becomes
- And she never could remember; and ever since that day what Lucy means by a good story is a story which reminds her of the… Book
- [To have Faith in Christ] means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in saying you trusted a… Act
- And how could we endure to live and let time pass if we were always crying for one day or one year to come back--if… Always Crying
- But do you really mean, Sir," said Peter, "that there could be other worlds-all over the place, just round the corner-like that?" "Nothing is more… All
- Once a King in Narnia, always a King in Narnia. But don't go trying to use the same route twice. Indeed, don't try to get… Adventure
- That's the worst of girls," said Edmund to Peter and the Dwarf. "They never can carry a map in their heads." "That's because our heads… Carry
- Stop it," spluttered Eustace, "go away. Put that thing away. It's not safe. Stop it, I say. I'll tell Caspian. I'll have you muzzled and… Away Put
- Shall I ever be able to read that story again; the one I couldn't remember? Will you tell it to me, Aslan? Oh do,do,do." "Indeed,yes,… Able
- It isn't Narnia, you know," sobbed Lucy. "It's you. We shan't meet you there. And how can we live, never meeting you?" "But you shall… Another Name
- Don't you mind," said Puddleglum. "There are no accidents. Our guide is Aslan; and he was there when the giant king caused the letters to… Accidents
- There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is… Art
- I may repeat 'Do as you would be done by' till I am black in the face, but I cannot really carry it out till… Black
- The great thing, if one can, is to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions of one's 'own,' or 'real' life. The truth is… All
- We need not despair even in our worst, for our failures are forgiven. The only fatal thing is to sit down content with anything less… Anything Less
- At all ages, if [fantasy and myth] is used well by the author and meets the right reader, it has the same power: to generalize… Add
- Hope is one of the Theological virtues. This means that a continual looking forward to the eternal world is not (as some modern people think)… Christian
- When things go wrong, you'll find they usually go on getting worse for some time; but when things once start going right they often go… Better
- I desired dragons with a profound desire. Desire
- A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist… Always Giving
- This is the land of Narnia,' said the Faun, 'where we are now; all that lies between the lamp-post and the great castle of Cair… All