All C.S. Lewis Quotes
- Mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step; for lasting passion is the dream of a harlot and from it we wake… Despair
- Provided that any of those neighbours sing out of tune or have boots that squeak, or double chins, or odd clothes, the patient will quite… Any
- Humans are amphibians...half spirit and half animal...as spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time. This means that while their… Amphibians
- The Future is, of all things, the thing least like eternity. It is the most temporal part of time--for the Past is frozen and no… All
- Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead. Ahead
- If each side had been frankly contending for its own real wish, they would all have kept within the bounds of reason and courtesy; but… Accumulated
- We have made men proud of most vices, but not of cowardice. Whenever we have almost succeeded in doing so, God permits a war or… All
- For jokes as well as justice come in with speech. - Aslan, The Magician's Nephew Aslan
- Alas," said Aslan, shaking his head. "It will. Things always work according to their nature. She has won her heart's desire; she has unwearying strength… According
- There might be things more terrible even than losing someone you love by death. Death
- No thanks," said Digory, "I don't know that I care much about living on and on after everyone I know is dead. I'd rather live… Care
- Evil can be undone, but it cannot 'develop' into good. Time does not heal it. The spell must be unwound, bit by bit, 'with backward… Backward
- Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of… Act
- It is not your business to succeed, but to do right. When you have done so the rest lies with god. Business
- She remembered, as every sensible person does, that you should never never shut yourself up in a wardrobe. Doe
- All shall be done, but it may be harder than you think. All
- I was wondering — I mean — could there be some mistake? Because nobody called me and Scrubb, you know. It was we who asked… Asked
- It is because they have no Oyarsa,' said one of the pupils. It is because everyone of them wants to be a little Oyarsa himself,'… Everyone
- Well,' said Ransom, 'if it is a delusion, it's a pretty stubborn one. Delusion
- The books or the music in which we thought the beauty was located will betray us if we trust to them; it was not in… Beauty
- Only a real risk tests the reality of a belief. Belief
- If you are really a product of a materialistic universe, how is it that you don't feel at home there? Atheist
- At a well in a yard they met a man who was beating a boy. The stick burst into a flower in the mans hand.… Arm
- To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you. Christian
- God made us: invented us as a man invents an engine. A car is made to run on petrol, and it would not run properly… Anything Else