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Best Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- Something quite unexpected has happened. It came this morning early. For various reasons, not in themselves at all mysterious, my heart was lighter than it…
- Never, never pin your whole faith on any human being: not if he is the best and wisest in the whole world. There are lots…
- Surely what a man does when he is taken off guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is. If there are…
- If God were a Kantian, who would not have us till we came to Him from the purest and best motives, who could be saved?
- Never, in peace or war, commit your virtue or your happiness to the future. Happy work is best done by the man who takes his…
- In any fairly large and talkative community such as a university there is always the danger that those who think alike should gravitate together where…
- You must be asking which door is the true one; not which pleases you best
- When you are not feeling particularly friendly but know you ought to be, the best thing you can do, very often, is to put on…
- Autumn is really the best of the seasons
- In the truest sense, Christian pilgrims have the best of both worlds. We have joy whenever this world reminds us of the next, and we…
- Sometimes fairy stories may say best what's to be said.
- The best fruits are plucked for each by some hand that is not his own.
- I do not doubt that if the Paradisal man could now appear among us, we should regard him as an utter savage, a creature to…
- I can answer that only by hearsay, returned the Guide, for pain is a secret which he has shared with your race and not with…
- Which of the religions of the world gives to its followers the greatest happiness? While it lasts, the religion of worshiping oneself is best.
- 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…
- Even the best Christian that ever lived is not acting on his own steam--he is only nourishing or protecting a life he could never have…
- We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.
- It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things out.
- Are not lifelong friendships born at the moment when at last you meet another human being who has some inkling (but faint and uncertain even…
- 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…
- [M]an has been accustomed, ever since he was a boy, to having a dozen incompatible philosophies dancing about together inside his head. He doesn't think…
- She looked at a silver birch: it would have a soft, showery voice and would look like a slender girl, with hair blown all about…
- Feeling like the voice she liked best in all the world was calling her name.
- Lucy woke out of the deepest sleep you can imagine, with the feeling that the voice she liked best in the world had been calling…
More Best Quotes
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Hope is a waking dream. — Aristotle
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken. — Aristotle
- Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least… — Aristotle
- Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
- If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when… — Aristotle