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C. S. Lewis Quotes - Page 66

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But what would have been the good? Aslan said nothing. You mean, said Lucy rather faintly, that it would have turned out all right – somehow? But how? Please, Aslan! Am I not to know? To know what would have happened,

But what would have been the good?" Aslan said nothing. "You mean," said Lucy rather faintly, "that it would have turned out all right – somehow? But how? Please, Aslan! Am I not to know?" "To know what would have happened, child?" said Aslan. "No. Nobody is ever told that." "Oh dear," said Lucy. "But anyone can find out what will happen," said Aslan. "If you go back to the others now, and wake them up; and tell them you have seen me again; and that you must all get up at once and follow me – what will happen? There is only one way of finding out.

Children, Mean, Way

C.S.Lewis (2016). “The Chronicles of Narnia Vol II: Prince Caspian”, p.102, ENRICH CULTURE GROUP LIMITED

The story does what no theorem can quite do. It may not be "like real life" in the superficial sense: but it sets before us an image of what reality may well be like at some more central region.

Real, Doe, Stories

C. S. Lewis (2002). “Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories”, p.27, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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.

Gone, Lions, Ifs

C. S. Lewis (1997). “The voyage of the Dawn Treader”, HarperCollins Publishers

When you invite a middle-aged moralist to address you, I suppose I must conclude that you have a taste for middle-aged moralizing.

Age, Addresses, Taste

In our world," said Eustace, "a star is a huge ball of flaming gas." Even in your world, my son, that is not what a star is, but only what it is made of.

Stars, Son, Our World

C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.225, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Girls aren't very good at keeping maps in their brains", said Edmund, "That's because we've got something in them", replied Lucy.

Girl, Brain, Maps

The people who keep asking if they can't lead a decent life without Christ, don't know what life is about; if they did they would know that 'a decent life' is mere machinery compared with the thing we men are really made for.

Men, People, Asking

C. S. Lewis (2014). “God in the Dock”, p.113, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

You can't lay down any pattern for God. There are many different ways of bringing people into his Kingdom, even some ways that I specially dislike! I have therefore learned to be cautious in my judgment.

People, Different, Patterns

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But if we admit God, must we admit Miracle? Indeed, indeed, you have no security against it. That is the bargain. Theology says to you in effect, 'Admit God and with Him the risk of a few miracles, and I in return will ratify your faith in uniformity as regards the overwhelming majority of events.

Miracle, Risk, Majority

But do you really mean, Sir," said Peter, "that there could be other worlds-all over the place, just round the corner-like that?" "Nothing is more probable," said the Profesor, taking off his spectacles and beginning to polish them, while he muttered to himself, "I wonder what they do teach them at these schools.

School, Mean, Other Worlds

Once when I had remarked on the affection quite often found between cat and dog, my friend replied, "Yes. But I bet no dog would ever confess it to the other dogs.

Dog, Cat, Affection

C. S. Lewis (1971). “The Four Loves”, p.45, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

...the sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal, or two friends talking over a pint of beer, or a man alone reading a book that interests him..." - C.S. Lewis: Weight of Glory

Book, Reading, Beer

Aslan is a lion- the Lion, the great Lion." "Ooh" said Susan. "I'd thought he was a man. Is he-quite safe? I shall feel rather nervous about meeting a lion"..."Safe?" said Mr Beaver ..."Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King, I tell you.

Kings, Men, Lions

Even in this world of course it is the stupidest children who are most childish and the stupidest grown-ups who are most grown-up.

Children, World, Stupidest

C.S.Lewis (2016). “The Chronicles of Narnia Vol IV: The Silver Chair”, p.173, ENRICH CULTURE GROUP LIMITED

The sin both of men and of angels, was rendered possible by the fact that God gave us free will.

Angel, Men, Facts

C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.27, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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 of the outdoor world; and talking leads almost inevitably to smoking, and then farewell to nature as far as one of our senses is concerned. The only friend to walk with is one who so exactly shares your taste for each mood of the countryside that a glance, a halt, or at most a nudge, is enough to assure us that the pleasure is shared.

Philosophy, Mistake, Farewell

The human qualities of the raw materials show through. Naivety, error, contradiction, even (as in the cursing Psalms) wickedness are not removed. The total result is not "the Word of God" in the sense that every passage in itself, gives impeccable science or history. It carries the Word of God.

Bible, Biblical, Errors

As for all I can tell, the only difference is that what many see we call a real thing, and what only one sees we call a dream.

Dream, Real, Differences

C. S. Lewis (1980). “Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold”, p.283, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will most certainly be wrung and possibly broken ... The only place outside Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers and perturbations of love is Hell.

Heart, Love Is, Broken

Aren't all these notes the senseless writings of a man who won't accept the fact that there is nothing we can do with suffering except to suffer it?

Writing, Men, Suffering

Here the whole world (stars, water, air, And field, and forest, as they were Reflected in a single mind) Like cast off clothes was left behind In ashes, yet with hopes that she, Re-born from holy poverty, In lenten lands, hereafter may Resume them on her Easter Day." (Epitaph for Joy Gresham)

Easter, Stars, Clothes

Clive Staples Lewis, “Here The Whole World”

Friendship arises out of mere Companionship when two or more of the companions discover that they have in common some insight or interest or even taste which the others do not share and which, till that moment, each believed to be his own unique treasure (or burden).

Friendship, Unique, Two

C. S. Lewis (1971). “The Four Loves”, p.77, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Autumn is really the best of the seasons; and I'm not sure that old age isn't the best part of life.

Autumn, Age, Aging

Total war is the most humane in the long run.

Running, War, Long

C.S. Lewis (1996). “That Hideous Strength”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

Unless thought is valid we have no reason to believe in the real universe.

Atheist, Real, Believe

C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.40, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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