Top 25 Quotes by C. S. Lewis of 2057 - Page 5

He (the devil) always sends errors into the world in pairs--pairs of opposites...He relies on your extra dislike of one to draw you gradually into the opposite one. But do not let us be fooled. We have to keep our eyes

He (the devil) always sends errors into the world in pairs--pairs of opposites...He relies on your extra dislike of one to draw you gradually into the opposite one. But do not let us be fooled. We have to keep our eyes on the goal and go straight through between both errors. We have no other concern than that with either of them.

C. S. Lewis

Religious, Couple, Eye

Pride, on the other hand, is the mother of all sins, and the original sin of lucifer.... An instrument strung, but preferring to play itself because it thinks it knows the tune better than the Musician

C. S. Lewis

Mother, Pride, Thinking

C. S. Lewis (2009). “Yours, Jack: The Inspirational Letters of C. S. Lewis”, p.11, HarperCollins UK

He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less.

C. S. Lewis

Men, Religion, Done

C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.93, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

C. S. Lewis

Life, Change, Wisdom

C.S. Lewis (1996). “Joyful Christian”, p.181, Simon and Schuster

Christ did not die for man because they were intrinsically worth dying for, but because he is intrinsically love, and therefore loves infinitely.

C. S. Lewis

Men, Miracle, Dying

C. S. Lewis (1996). “Miracles: A Preliminary Study”, Touchstone Books

The heart never takes the place of the head: but it can, and should, obey it.

C. S. Lewis

Heart, Should

C.S. Lewis (1996). “Joyful Christian”, p.15, Simon and Schuster

The holier a man becomes, the more he mourns over the unholiness which remains in him.

C. S. Lewis

Men, Holiness, Mourn

It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.

C. S. Lewis

Strong, Sex, Children

C. S. Lewis (2009). “Weight of Glory”, p.26, Harper Collins

The death of a beloved is an amputation.

C. S. Lewis

Bereavement, Amputation, Beloved

"All at Sea by Decca Aitkenhead review - an inspiring memoir, never sentimental" by Claire Messud, www.theguardian.com. May 7, 2016.

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 fit to be masters.

C. S. Lewis

Men, People, Slavery

C. S. Lewis (1987). “Present Concerns”, p.17, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Life is too deep for words, so don't try to describe it, just live it.

C. S. Lewis

Inspirational, Life, Self Improvement

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 the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.

C. S. Lewis

Love, Religious, Secret

C.S. Lewis (1996). “Joyful Christian”, p.140, Simon and Schuster

The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of.

C. S. Lewis

Victory, Goes On, May

C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.171, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

It is not your business to succeed, but to do right. When you have done so the rest lies with god.

C. S. Lewis

God, Christian, Lying

The Christian is in a different position from other people who are trying to be good. They hope, by being good, to please God if there is one; or — if they think there is not — at least they hope to deserve approval from good men. But the Christian thinks any good he does comes from the Christ-life inside him. He does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us; just as the roof of a greenhouse does not attract the sun because it is bright, but becomes bright because the sun shines on it.

C. S. Lewis

Christian, Men, Thinking

C. S. Lewis (2012). “The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics”, p.64, HarperCollins UK

Whether we like it or not, God intends to give us what we need, not what we now think we want

C. S. Lewis

Thinking, Giving, Needs

C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.87, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.

C. S. Lewis

God, Wisdom, Humility

C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.114, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Put first things first and we get second things thrown in: put second things first & we lose both first and second things.

C. S. Lewis

Firsts, Put First Things First, Thrown

"The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume 3: Narnia, Cambridge, and Joy, 1950 - 1963".

Christianity asserts that every individual human being is going to live for ever, and this must be either true or false. Now there are a good many things which would not be worth bothering about if I were going to live only seventy years, but which I had better bother about very seriously if I am going to live for ever.

C. S. Lewis

Years, Good Man, True Or False

C. S. Lewis (2012). “The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics”, p.72, HarperCollins UK

Since it is so likely that (children) will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. Otherwise you are making their destiny not brighter but darker.

C. S. Lewis

Children, Destiny, Knights

C. S. Lewis (2002). “Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories”, p.43, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Nothing is really ours until we share it.

C. S. Lewis

Share

Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.

C. S. Lewis

Motivational, Godly, Christian Inspirational

A perfect practice of Christianity would, of course, consist in a perfect imitation of the life of Christ -- I mean, in so far as it was applicable in one's own particular circumstance. Not in an idiotic sense -- it doesn't mean that every Christian should grow a beard, or be a bachelor, or become a travelling preacher. It means that every single act and feeling, every experience, whether pleasant or unpleasant, must be referred to God.

C. S. Lewis

Christian, Mean, Practice

To have Faith in Christ means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in saying you trusted a person if you would not take his advice.

C. S. Lewis

Mean, Advice, Trying

C. S. Lewis (2012). “The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics”, p.127, HarperCollins UK