All C.S. Lewis Quotes
- Do not by any means destroy yourself, for if you live you may yet have good fortune, but all the dead are dead like. All
- There is nothing like suspense and anxiety for barricading a human's mind against the Enemy. He wants men to be concerned with what they do;… Anxiety
- An almost perfect relationship with his father was the earthly root of all his wisdom. From his own father, he said, he first learned that… All
- ...here also forgiving does not mean excusing. Many people seem to think it does. They think that if you ask them to forgive someone who… Ask
- If conversion to Christianity makes no improvement in a man's outward actions – if he continues to be just a snobbish or spiteful or envious… Action
- But if you are a poor creature--poisoned by a wretched up-bringing in some house full of vulgar jealousies and senseless quarrels--saddled, by no choice of… All
- The proper good of a creature is to surrender itself to its Creator—to enact intellectually, volitionally, and emotionally, that relationship which is given in the… Creator
- Gone! And you and I quite crestfallen. It’s always like that, you can’t keep him; it’s not as if he were a tame lion. Always Like
- Aristotle said that some people were only fit to be slaves. I do not contradict him. But I reject slavery because I see no men… Aristotle
- The heart never takes the place of the head: but it can, and should, obey it. Head
- An open mind, in questions that are not ultimate, is useful. But an open mind about the ultimate foundations either of Theoretical or of Practical… Anything Else
- If you love deeply, you're going to get hurt badly. But it's still worth it. Badly
- Those who cannot conceive of Friendship as a substantive love but only as a disguise or elaboration of Eros betray the fact that they have… Betray
- If you had felt yourself sufficient, it would have been a proof that you were not. Been
- Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward. Bars
- Now God, who has made us, knows what we are and that our happiness lies in Him. God
- I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and… Attics
- They did nothing wrong their time here has ended Ended
- In each of my friends there is something that only some other friend can fully bring out. By myself I am not large enough to… Activity
- I have been wandering to find him and my happiness is so great that it even weakens me like a wound. And this is the… Been
- Walking and talking are two very great pleasures, but it is a mistake to combine them. Our own noise blots out the sounds and silences… Almost Inevitably
- A dogmatic belief in objective value is necessary to the very idea of a rule which is not tyranny or an obedience which is not… Belief
- Every good book should be entertaining. A good book will be more; it must not be less. Entertainment…is like a qualifying examination. If a fiction… Book
- Will you come with me to the mountains? It will hurt at first, until your feet are hardened. Reality is harsh to the feet of… Feet
- Mere improvement is not redemption, though redemption always improves people Always Improves