« All Good Quotes · C.S. Lewis's Page
Good Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- We want, in fact, not so much a father in heaven as a grandfather in heaven: a senile benevolence who, as they say, "liked to…
- I have discovered that the people who believe most strongly in the next life do the most good in the present one.
- You cannot make men good by law: and without good men you cannot have a good society.
- The only way to drive out bad culture is to create good culture. We need to recognize that artistic talent is a gift from the…
- To excuse what can really produce good excuses is not Christian charity; it is only fairness. To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable…
- The very lack of evidence is thus treated as evidence; the absence of smoke proves that the fire is very carefully hidden...A belief in invisible…
- There is no good trying to be more spiritual than God. God never meant man to purely spiritual creature. That is why He uses material…
- Love is unselfishly choosing for another's highest good.
- I am sure that God keeps no one waiting unless he sees that it is good for him to wait.
- The command "Be ye prfect" is not idealistic gas. Nor is it a command to do the impossible. He said (in the Bible) that we…
- Without sin, the universe is a Solemn Game: and there is no good game without rules.
- It is in their 'good' characters that novelists make, unawares, the most shocking self- revelations.
- If the universe is so bad...how on earth did human beings ever come to attribute it to the activity of a wise and good Creator?
- No good work is done anywhere without aid from the Father of Lights.
- Though I do not believe that my desire for Paradise proves that I shall enjoy it, I think it a pretty good indication that such…
- So many things--nay every real thing--is good if only it will be humble and ordinate.
- The moment good taste knows itself, some of its goodness is lost.
- We have had enough, once and for all, of Hedonism--the gloomy philosophy which says that Pleasure is the only good.
- We must learn by experience to avoid either trains of thought or social situations which for us (not necessarily for everyone) lead to temptations. Like…
- It is good that the window should be transparent, because the street or garden beyond it is opaque. How if you saw through the garden…
- Badness cannot succeed even in being bad in the same way in which goodness is good. Goodness is, so to speak, itself: badness is only…
- We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is good, because it is good; if bad, because it works in us patience, humility,…
- For the past twenty years you and I have been fed all day long on good solid lies about sex
- It is only our bad temper that we put down to being tired or worried or hungry; we put our good temper down to ourselves.
- Every age has its own outlook. It is specially good at seeing certain truths and specially liable to make certain mistakes. We all, therefore, need…
More Good Quotes
- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse. — Hannah Arendt
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Good habits formed at youth make all the difference. — Aristotle
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle