All C.S. Lewis Quotes
- Each day we are becoming a creature of splendid glory or one of unthinkable horror. Becoming
- How could an idiotic universe have produced creatures whose mere dreams are so much stronger, better, subtler than itself? Better
- Jewel,' he said, 'what lies before us? Horrible thoughts arise in my heart. If we had died before today we should have been happy. Arise
- Would it not be better to be dead than to have this horrible fear that Aslan has come and is not like the Aslan we… Aslan
- More like the real thing,' said the lord Digory softly. - The Last Battle Battle
- The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning. Begun
- I object to that remark very strongly! - The Magician's Nephew Inspirational
- But he always licked to get visitors alone in the billiard room and tell them stories about a mysterious lady, a foreign royalty, with whom… Alone
- Now sir, said the bulldog in his business-like way. 'Are you a animal, vegetable, or mineral?' - The Magician's Nephew Animal
- Now the story of Christ is simply a true myth: a myth working on us the same way as the others, but with this tremendous… Accept
- Redeemed humanity is still young, it has hardly come to its full strength. But already there is joy enough in the little finger of a… All
- If ever they remembered their life in this world it was as one remembers a dream. Dream
- There is nothing indulgent about the Moral Law. It is as hard as nails. It tells you to do the straight thing and it does… Care
- Digory never spoke on the way back, and the others were shy of speaking to him. He was very sad and he wasn't even sure… All
- Clearly one must read every good book at least once every ten years. Book
- It doesn't really matter whether you grip the arms of the dentist's chair or let your hands lie in your lap. The drill drills on. Arms
- I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him. Almost Like
- Sleeping on a dragon's hoard with greedy, dragonish thoughts in his heart, he had become a dragon himself. Dragon
- When the time comes to you at which you will be forced at last to utter the speech which has lain at the center of… All
- Make your choice, adventurous Stranger, Strike the bell and bide the danger, Or wonder, till it drives you mad, What would have followed if you… Adventurous
- By this method thousands of humans have been brought to think that humility means pretty women trying to believe they are ugly and clever men… Achieve
- The Enemy wants to bring the man to a state of mind in which he could design the best cathedral in the world, and know… Any
- You must therefore zealously guard in his mind the curious assumption 'My time is my own'. Let him have the feeling that he starts each… Allows
- The man can neither man, nor retain, one moment of time; it all comes to him by pure gift; he might as well regard the… All
- The game is to have them all running about with fire extinguishers when there is a flood, and all crowding to that side of the… All