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C. S. Lewis Quotes - Page 62

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Anger is the fluid love bleeds when cut.

Anger is the fluid love bleeds when cut.

Friendship, Cutting, Friendship Love

Heaven offers nothing that a mercenary soul can desire.

Wisdom, Heaven, Soul

C.S. Lewis (1996). “Joyful Christian”, p.227, Simon and Schuster

..(T)here are two opposite reasons for being a democrat. You may think all men so good that they deserve a share in the government of the commonwealth, and so wise that the commonwealth needs their advice. That is, in my opinion, the false, romantic doctrine of democracy. On the other hand, you may believe fallen men to be so wicked that not one of them can be trusted with any irresponsible power over his fellows.

Wise, Believe, Men

We have discovered that the scheme of 'outlawing war' has made war more like an outlaw without making it less frequent and that to banish the knight does not alleviate the suffering of the peasant.

War, Knights, Suffering

H. S. Bennett, E. K. Chambers, C. S. Lewis, Douglas Bush, W. L. Remwick (1954). “The Oxford History of English Literature”

But now I discovered the wonderful power of wine. I understood why men become drunkards. For the way it worked on me was not at all that it blotted out these sorrows, but that it made them seem glorious and noble, like sad music, and I somehow great and revered for feeling them.

Wine, Men, Feelings

If you do not take the distinction between good and bad very seriously, then it is easy to say that anything you find in this world is a part of God. But, of course, if you think some things really bad, and God really good, then you cannot talk like that. You must believe that God is separate from the world and that some of the things we see in it are contrary to His will.

Believe, Thinking, World

C. S. Lewis (2012). “The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics”, p.45, HarperCollins UK

Come, live with me and you'll know me.

Know Me, Knows

C. S. Lewis (1971). “The Four Loves”, p.55, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

I do not expect old heads on young shoulders.

Shoulders, Young

C. S. Lewis (2009). “The Screwtape Letters”, p.21, Harper Collins

It is very true. But even a traitor may mend. I have known one that did.

May, Traitor, Very True

"The Chronicles of Narnia Vol V: The Horse and his Boy".

A thing may be morally neutral and yet the desire for that thing may be dangerous.

Desire, May, Dangerous

The Intelligentsia (scientists apart) are losing all touch with, and all influence over, nearly the whole human race. Our most esteemed poets and critics are read by our most esteemed critics and poets (who don't usually like them much) and nobody else takes any notice. An increasing number of highly literate people simply ignore what the 'Highbrows' are doing. It says nothing to them. The Highbrows in return ignore and insult them.

Race, Numbers, America

C. S. Lewis (2014). “God in the Dock”, p.276, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Giving to the poor is an essential part of Christian morality.

Christian, Giving, Essentials

C.S. Lewis (1996). “Joyful Christian”, p.143, Simon and Schuster

My own view is that the Churches should frankly recognise that the majority of the British people are not Christians and, therefore, cannot be expected to live Christian lives. There ought to be two distinct kinds of marriage: one governed by the State with rules enforced on all citizens, the other governed by the Church with rules enforced by her on her own members." --about the only statement i agree with in this book

Christian, Book, Views

C. S. Lewis (2012). “The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics”, p.100, HarperCollins UK

It now seemed to me that all my other guesses had been only self-pleasing dreams spun out of my wishes, but now I was awake.

Dream, Self, Wish

C. S. Lewis (1980). “Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold”, p.143, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

100 per cent of us die, and the percentage cannot be increased.

Death, Percentages, Cents

"The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses". Book by C. S. Lewis, 1949.

I wish they would remember that the charge to Peter was "Feed my sheep", not "Try experiments on my rats", or even "Teach my performing dogs new tricks".

Dog, Sheep, Wish

C.S. Lewis (1996). “Joyful Christian”, p.81, Simon and Schuster

Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is

Often Is, Joy, Pleasure

C. S. Lewis (1966). “Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life”, p.28, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The absent are easily refuted.

Wisdom, Absent

C. S. Lewis (2014). “God in the Dock”, p.131, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

All killing is not murder any more than all sexual intercourse is adultery.

Adultery, Murder, Killing

C. S. Lewis (2012). “The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics”, p.104, HarperCollins UK

Ink is the great cure for all human ills.

Ink, Cures, Humans

Why must holy places be dark places?

Dark, Holy Places, Holy

C. S. Lewis (1980). “Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold”, p.255, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

What the soul cries out for is the resurrection of the senses. Even in this life, matter would be nothing to us if it were not the source of sensations.

Soul, Would Be, Matter

C. S. Lewis (1984). “The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C. S. Lewis”, p.120, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Of course all children's literature is not fantastic, so all fantastic books need not be children's books. It is still possible, even in an age so ferociously anti-romantic as our own, to write fantastic stories for adults: though you will usually need to have made a name in some more fashionable kind of literature before anyone will publish them.

Children, Book, Writing

C. S. Lewis (2002). “On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature”, p.58, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Wisdom: The first error is that of the southern people, and it consists in holding that these eastern and western places are real places. Give no quarter to that thought, whether it threatens you with fear, or tempts you with hopes. For this is Superstition and all who believe it will come in the end to the swamps, to the south and the jungles, to the far south. Part of the same error is to think that the Landlord is a real man.

Real, Believe, Men

"The Pilgrim's Regress". Book by C. S. Lewis, p. 117, 1933.

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung.

Heart, Dark, What Is Love

C. S. Lewis (1984). “The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C. S. Lewis”, p.176, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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