C S Lewis Quotes



       “Do not dare not to dare.” 
- C.S. Lewis

       “God can't give us peace and happiness apart from Himself because there is no such thing.” 
- C.S. Lewis

       “Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.” 
- C.S. Lewis

        “If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.” 
- C.S. Lewis

      “Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.” 
- C.S. Lewis

       “Friendship is born at that moment when one man says to another: "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . ."” 
- C.S. Lewis

        “I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.” 
- C.S. Lewis

       “No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.” 
- C.S. Lewis

       “Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.” 
- C.S. Lewis

        “Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.” 
- C.S. Lewis

       “It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.” 
- C.S. Lewis

       “Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.” 
- C.S. Lewis

       “The great thing to remember is that though our feelings come and go God's love for us does not.” 
- C.S. Lewis

       “Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.” 
- C.S. Lewis

      “Things never happen the same way twice.” 
- C.S. Lewis,

        “Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.” 
- C.S. Lewis

       “When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place.”
- C.S. Lewis

       “You have not chosen one another, but I have chosen you for one another.” 
-C.S. Lewis,

       “Nothing you have not given away will ever really be yours.” 
- C.S. Lewis,

       “Aim at Heaven and you will get Earth 'thrown in': aim at Earth and you will get neither.” 
- C.S. Lewis


       “The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only - and that is to support the ultimate career. ” 
- C.S. Lewis

       “The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning.” 
- C.S. Lewis,

       “God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than He is of any other slacker.” 
- C.S. Lewis

        “Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.” 
- C.S. Lewis

       “I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.” 
- C.S. Lewis

       “I seemed to hear God saying, "Put down your gun and we'll talk.” 
- C.S. Lewis

       “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” 
- C.S. Lewis

        “What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.” 
- C.S. Lewis

       “The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That's the deal.” 
- C.S. Lewis

       “My own eyes are not enough for me; I will see through those of others.” 
- C.S. Lewis

       “There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.” 
- C.S. Lewis,

        “We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.” 
- C.S. Lewis,

      “To what will you look for help if you will not look to that which is stronger than yourself?” 
- C.S. Lewis,

       “Die before you die, there is no chance after.” 
- C.S. Lewis

       “Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” 
- C.S. Lewis

       “Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.” 
- C.S. Lewis

       “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

       “Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.” 
- C.S. Lewis

        “True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” 
- C.S. Lewis

       “If you love deeply, you're going to get hurt badly. But it's still worth it.” 
- C.S. Lewis