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C.S. Lewis quotes: A sign of a culture that has lost its faith - Moral collapse follows upon spiritual collapse.

A sign of a culture that has lost its faith - Moral collapse follows upon spiritual collapse.

C.S. Lewis quotes: Earthly pleasures were never meant to satisfy.

Earthly pleasures were never meant to satisfy.

C.S. Lewis quotes: No tea cup is big enough nor book long enough for me to be satisfied.

No tea cup is big enough nor book long enough for me to be satisfied.

C.S. Lewis quotes: Only He who really lived a human life (and I presume that only one did) can fully taste the horror of death.

Only He who really lived a human life (and I presume that only one did) can fully taste the horror of death.

C.S. Lewis quotes: Brass is mistaken for gold more easily than clay is.

Brass is mistaken for gold more easily than clay is.

C.S. Lewis quotes: No photograph can truly recall the beloved's smile.

No photograph can truly recall the beloved's smile.

C.S. Lewis quotes: The salvation of a single soul is more important than the production or preservation of all the epics and tragedies in the world.

The salvation of a single soul is more important than the production or preservation of all the epics and tragedies in the world.

C.S. Lewis quotes: He had never dreamed that the country of which she would make him king (king in name but really a slave) was his own country.

He had never dreamed that the country of which she would make him king (king in name but really a slave) was his own country.

C.S. Lewis quotes: This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.

This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.

C.S. Lewis quotes: For all find what they truly seek.

For all find what they truly seek.

C.S. Lewis quotes: The literary man re-reads, other men simply read.

The literary man re-reads, other men simply read.

C.S. Lewis quotes: Watchin' and listenin' is the thing at present; not talking.

Watchin' and listenin' is the thing at present; not talking.

C.S. Lewis quotes: Oh, that? I never thought it was eavesdropping, Aslan. Wasn't it magic?""Spying on people by magic is the same as spying on them in any other way.

Oh, that? I never thought it was eavesdropping, Aslan. Wasn't it magic?"
"Spying on people by magic is the same as spying on them in any other way.

C.S. Lewis quotes: One must never be either content with, or impatient with, oneself.

One must never be either content with, or impatient with, oneself.

C.S. Lewis quotes: The world is so much larger than I thought. I thought we went along pathsbut it seems there are no paths. The going itself is the path.

The world is so much larger than I thought. I thought we went along paths
but it seems there are no paths. The going itself is the path.

C.S. Lewis quotes: A true philosophy may sometimes validate an experience of nature; an experience of nature cannot validate a philosophy.

A true philosophy may sometimes validate an experience of nature; an experience of nature cannot validate a philosophy.

C.S. Lewis quotes: To love at all is to be vulnerable.

To love at all is to be vulnerable.

C.S. Lewis quotes: You find out the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down.

You find out the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down.

C.S. Lewis quotes: The adventure was too high, its circumstance too solemn, for any emotion save a severe delight. pg. 31

The adventure was too high, its circumstance too solemn, for any emotion save a severe delight. pg. 31

C.S. Lewis quotes: The surest way of spoiling a pleasure [is] to start examining your satisfaction.

The surest way of spoiling a pleasure [is] to start examining your satisfaction.

C.S. Lewis quotes: No one ever saw anything more terrible or beautiful. Luckily

No one ever saw anything more terrible or beautiful. Luckily

C.S. Lewis quotes: How monotonously alike all the great tyrants and conquerors have been; how gloriously different are the saints.

How monotonously alike all the great tyrants and conquerors have been; how gloriously different are the saints.

C.S. Lewis quotes: Life with God is not immunity from difficulties, but peace in difficulties.

Life with God is not immunity from difficulties, but peace in difficulties.

C.S. Lewis quotes: Prosperity knits a man to the world.

Prosperity knits a man to the world.

C.S. Lewis quotes: I felt sure that [Oyarsa] was what we call "good," but I wasn't sure whether I liked "goodness" so much as I had supposed.

I felt sure that [Oyarsa] was what we call "good," but I wasn't sure whether I liked "goodness" so much as I had supposed.

C.S. Lewis quotes: Whatever you do, He will make good of it. But not the good He had prepared for you if you had obeyed him.

Whatever you do, He will make good of it. But not the good He had prepared for you if you had obeyed him.

C.S. Lewis quotes: And the seriousness with which the other party takes my words always raises the doubt whether I have taken them seriously enough myself.

And the seriousness with which the other party takes my words always raises the doubt whether I have taken them seriously enough myself.

C.S. Lewis quotes: Safe? Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good.

Safe? Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good.

C.S. Lewis quotes: If things are real, they're there all the time.

If things are real, they're there all the time.

C.S. Lewis quotes: You and I have need of the strongest spell that can be found to wake us from the evil enchantment of worldliness.

You and I have need of the strongest spell that can be found to wake us from the evil enchantment of worldliness.

C.S. Lewis quotes: Another little portion of the human heritage has been quietly taken from them before they were old enough to understand.

Another little portion of the human heritage has been quietly taken from them before they were old enough to understand.

C.S. Lewis quotes: With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

C.S. Lewis quotes: You must not do, you must not even try to do, the will of the Father unless you are prepared to 'know of the doctrine'.

You must not do, you must not even try to do, the will of the Father unless you are prepared to 'know of the doctrine'.

C.S. Lewis quotes: Human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to believe in a certain way, and can't really get rid of it.

Human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to believe in a certain way, and can't really get rid of it.

C.S. Lewis quotes: The discomfiture we feel may be our most accurate human sensation; reminding us we are not quite "at home" here.

The discomfiture we feel may be our most accurate human sensation; reminding us we are not quite "at home" here.

C.S. Lewis quotes: The happiness which God designs for his higher creatures is the happiness of being freely, voluntarily united to him.

The happiness which God designs for his higher creatures is the happiness of being freely, voluntarily united to him.

C.S. Lewis quotes: It's so large""It's the world dear, did you think it'd be small?""smaller

It's so large"
"It's the world dear, did you think it'd be small?"
"smaller

C.S. Lewis quotes: The essence of religion, in my view, is the thirst for an end higher than natural ends ...

The essence of religion, in my view, is the thirst for an end higher than natural ends ...

C.S. Lewis quotes: The pleasure of novelty is by its very nature more subject than any other to the laws of diminishing returns.

The pleasure of novelty is by its very nature more subject than any other to the laws of diminishing returns.

C.S. Lewis quotes: Pain plants the flag of truth within a rebel fortress.

Pain plants the flag of truth within a rebel fortress.

C.S. Lewis quotes: A creature who has kept a planet in its orbit for several billions of years will be able to manage a packing case!

A creature who has kept a planet in its orbit for several billions of years will be able to manage a packing case!

C.S. Lewis quotes: I discovered that the wisdom of the world, and a great deal of its folly also, is to be found in the pages of books. And

I discovered that the wisdom of the world, and a great deal of its folly also, is to be found in the pages of books. And

C.S. Lewis quotes: Delight is incomplete until it is expressed.

Delight is incomplete until it is expressed.

C.S. Lewis quotes: I know no promise that He will accept a deliberate compromise.

I know no promise that He will accept a deliberate compromise.

C.S. Lewis quotes: Every natural love will rise again and live forever in this country: but none will rise again until it has been buried.

Every natural love will rise again and live forever in this country: but none will rise again until it has been buried.

C.S. Lewis quotes: When the author walks onto the stage, the play is over

When the author walks onto the stage, the play is over

C.S. Lewis quotes: A sick society must think much about politics, as a sick man must think much about his digestion.

A sick society must think much about politics, as a sick man must think much about his digestion.

C.S. Lewis quotes: To love, and to lose what we love, are equally things appointed for our nature. If we cannot bear the second well, that evil is ours.

To love, and to lose what we love, are equally things appointed for our nature. If we cannot bear the second well, that evil is ours.

C.S. Lewis quotes: The more he fears, the more he'll hate.

The more he fears, the more he'll hate.

C.S. Lewis quotes: The sane would do no good if they made themselves mad to help madmen.

The sane would do no good if they made themselves mad to help madmen.

C.S. Lewis quotes: Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.

Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.

C.S. Lewis quotes: If you haven't met Satan recently, you are probably going his way!

If you haven't met Satan recently, you are probably going his way!

C.S. Lewis quotes: For He (God) seems to do nothing of himself which He can possibly delegate to His creatures.

For He (God) seems to do nothing of himself which He can possibly delegate to His creatures.

C.S. Lewis quotes: This moment contains all moments.

This moment contains all moments.

C.S. Lewis quotes: Morality or duty never yet made a man happy in himself or dear to others.

Morality or duty never yet made a man happy in himself or dear to others.

C.S. Lewis quotes: The Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next.

The Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next.

C.S. Lewis quotes: Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.

Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.

C.S. Lewis quotes: That's all YOU know,' said Digory. 'It's because you're a girl. Girls never want to know anything but gossip and rot about people getting engaged.

That's all YOU know,' said Digory. 'It's because you're a girl. Girls never want to know anything but gossip and rot about people getting engaged.

C.S. Lewis quotes: Everywhere, except in theology, there has been a vigorous growth of skepticism about skepticism itself.

Everywhere, except in theology, there has been a vigorous growth of skepticism about skepticism itself.

C.S. Lewis quotes: The hard sayings of our Lord are wholesome to those only who find them hard.

The hard sayings of our Lord are wholesome to those only who find them hard.

C.S. Lewis quotes: Often pointed out that bright mornings brought on wet afternoons, and that you can't expect good times to last.

Often pointed out that bright mornings brought on wet afternoons, and that you can't expect good times to last.

C.S. Lewis quotes: He is the self-expression of the Father - what the Father has to say. And there never was a time when He was not saying it.

He is the self-expression of the Father - what the Father has to say. And there never was a time when He was not saying it.

C.S. Lewis quotes: There are no variations except for those who know a norm, and no subtleties for those who have not grasped the obvious.

There are no variations except for those who know a norm, and no subtleties for those who have not grasped the obvious.

C.S. Lewis quotes: If you funk it, you will find yourself, hours later, in far worse danger. The cowardly thing is also the most dangerous thing. It

If you funk it, you will find yourself, hours later, in far worse danger. The cowardly thing is also the most dangerous thing. It

C.S. Lewis quotes: The beauty of life, is that you don't have to be modernly beautiful to live it.

The beauty of life, is that you don't have to be modernly beautiful to live it.

C.S. Lewis quotes: After all, real things are not simple.

After all, real things are not simple.

C.S. Lewis quotes: Your soul has a curious shape because it is a hollow made to fit a particular swelling in the infinite contours of the Divine Substance ...

Your soul has a curious shape because it is a hollow made to fit a particular swelling in the infinite contours of the Divine Substance ...

C.S. Lewis quotes: This must be a simply enormous wardrobe!

This must be a simply enormous wardrobe!

C.S. Lewis quotes: Oh, Adam's sons, how cleverly you defend yourselves against all that might do you good!

Oh, Adam's sons, how cleverly you defend yourselves against all that might do you good!

C.S. Lewis quotes: If our deepest desires cannot be satisfied in this world, then we must have been made for another world.

If our deepest desires cannot be satisfied in this world, then we must have been made for another world.

C.S. Lewis quotes: The history of literature is very far from being one of simple progress.

The history of literature is very far from being one of simple progress.

C.S. Lewis quotes: The fantastic suggestion that he, Curry, might be a bore passed through his mind so swiftly that a second later he had forgotten it forever.

The fantastic suggestion that he, Curry, might be a bore passed through his mind so swiftly that a second later he had forgotten it forever.

C.S. Lewis quotes: Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too?

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too?

C.S. Lewis quotes: I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I shall not find till after death.

I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I shall not find till after death.

C.S. Lewis quotes: That is why I often find myself at such cross-purposes with the modern world: I have been a converted Pagan living among apostate Puritans.

That is why I often find myself at such cross-purposes with the modern world: I have been a converted Pagan living among apostate Puritans.

C.S. Lewis quotes: You have no idea what an appetite it gives one, being executed.

You have no idea what an appetite it gives one, being executed.

C.S. Lewis quotes: We must lay before him what is in us; not what ought to be in us.

We must lay before him what is in us; not what ought to be in us.

C.S. Lewis quotes: A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered.

A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered.

C.S. Lewis quotes: Lucy woke out of the deepest sleep you can imagine, with the feeling that the voice she liked best in the world had been calling her name.

Lucy woke out of the deepest sleep you can imagine, with the feeling that the voice she liked best in the world had been calling her name.

C.S. Lewis quotes: Progress means movement in a desired direction, and we do not all desire the same things for our species.

Progress means movement in a desired direction, and we do not all desire the same things for our species.

C.S. Lewis quotes: I#pray because the need flows out of me all the time-walking and sleeping. It does not change # God - it changes me.

I#pray because the need flows out of me all the time-walking and sleeping. It does not change # God - it changes me.

C.S. Lewis quotes: You can't see anything properly while your eyes are blurred with tears.

You can't see anything properly while your eyes are blurred with tears.

C.S. Lewis quotes: Don't worry. If you really want to, you will Whether you'll like it when you do is another question.

Don't worry. If you really want to, you will Whether you'll like it when you do is another question.

C.S. Lewis quotes: Heaven will display far more variety than Hell.

Heaven will display far more variety than Hell.

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

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

C.S. Lewis quotes: The Lion said nothing and Digory knew that he had not told enough.

The Lion said nothing and Digory knew that he had not told enough.

C.S. Lewis quotes: What God does for us, He does in us.

What God does for us, He does in us.

C.S. Lewis quotes: Where I come from, they don't think much of men who are bossed about by their wives.

Where I come from, they don't think much of men who are bossed about by their wives.

C.S. Lewis quotes: They tell me, Lord, that when I seemTo be in speech with you.Since but one voice is heard, it

They tell me, Lord, that when I seem
To be in speech with you.
Since but one voice is heard, it

C.S. Lewis quotes: You remember that wonderful phrase, how Queen Morgan 'set all the country on fire with ladies that were enchantresses.

You remember that wonderful phrase, how Queen Morgan 'set all the country on fire with ladies that were enchantresses.

C.S. Lewis quotes: You must be asking which door is the true one; not which pleases you best

You must be asking which door is the true one; not which pleases you best

C.S. Lewis quotes: All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.

All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.

C.S. Lewis quotes: Above all else , the devil can not stand to be mocked.

Above all else , the devil can not stand to be mocked.

C.S. Lewis quotes: The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That's the deal.

The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That's the deal.

C.S. Lewis quotes: I have said that she had no face; but that meant she had a thousand faces

I have said that she had no face; but that meant she had a thousand faces

C.S. Lewis quotes: It is better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a pig satisfied.

It is better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a pig satisfied.

C.S. Lewis quotes: At the end of all things, the blessed will say, 'We never lived anywhere but in heaven.'

At the end of all things, the blessed will say, 'We never lived anywhere but in heaven.'

C.S. Lewis quotes: The only things we can keep are the things we freely give to God. What we try to keep for ourselves is just what we are sure to lose.

The only things we can keep are the things we freely give to God. What we try to keep for ourselves is just what we are sure to lose.

C.S. Lewis quotes: Pain is God's megaphone to rouse a deaf world.

Pain is God's megaphone to rouse a deaf world.

C.S. Lewis quotes: The mouse is a fair treat but this one would talk the hind legs off a donkey.

The mouse is a fair treat but this one would talk the hind legs off a donkey.