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C. S. Lewis Quotes - Page 12

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Fallen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement: he is a rebel who must lay down his arms.

Fallen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement: he is a rebel who must lay down his arms.

Men, Rebel, Needs

C. S. Lewis (2012). “The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics”, p.59, HarperCollins UK

The real test of being in the presence of God is, that you either forget about yourself altogether or see yourself as a small, dirty object.

Real, Dirty, Tests

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

He told people that their sins were forgiven, and never waited to consult all the other people whom their sins had undoubtedly injured. He unhesitatingly behaved as if He was the party chiefly concerned, the person chiefly offended in all offenses. This makes sense only if He really was God whose laws are broken and whose love is wounded in every sin.

Party, Love Is, Law

C. S. Lewis (2012). “The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics”, p.55, HarperCollins UK

We shall draw nearer to God, not by trying to avoid the sufferings inherent in all loves, but by accepting them and offering them to Him; throwing away all defensive armour. If our hearts need to be broken, and if He chooses this as the way in which they should break, so be it.

Heart, Offering, Broken

It is wonderful what you can do when you have to.

Wonderful, Can Do

C. S. Lewis (2012). “The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics”, p.92, HarperCollins UK

You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage but He is building a palace. He intends to come & live in it Himself

Cottages, Littles, Palaces

C.S. Lewis (1960). “Mere Christianity”

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

True Love, Famous Love, Falling In Love

C. S. Lewis (2014). “God in the Dock”, p.37, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

The Christian life is simply a process of having your natural self changed into a Christ self, and that this process goes on very far inside. One's most private wishes, one's point of view, are the things that have to be changed.

Christian, Self, Views

BBC Radio Talk: "Beyond Personality -- Mere Men", Broadcast 21 March 1944, BBC Home Service Radio

When we Christians behave badly, or fail to behave well, we are making Christianity unbelievable to the outside world. The wartime posters told us that Careless Talk costs Lives. It is equally true that Careless Lives cost Talk. Our careless lives set the outer world talking; and we give them grounds for talking in a way that throws doubt on the truth of Christianity itself.

Christian, Talking, Giving

C.S. Lewis (1960). “Mere Christianity”

Do not dare not to dare.

Life, Religion, Dare

C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.98, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

If devils exist, their first aim is to give you an anesthetic -- to put you off your guard. Only if that fails, do you become aware of them.

Giving, Devil, Firsts

C. S. Lewis (2014). “God in the Dock”, p.46, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

I gave in, and admitted that God was God.

God, Atheist, Literature

"Unseen CS Lewis letter defines his notion of joy" by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. December 9, 2014.

The monstrosity of sexual intercourse outside marriage is that those who indulge in it are trying to isolate one kind of union (the sexual) from all the other kinds of union which were intended to go along with it and make up the total union.

Indulge In, Trying, Unions

C.S. Lewis (1996). “Joyful Christian”, p.199, Simon and Schuster

If the Church is not Making Disciples, then all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible, are a waste of time.

Church, Waste, Wasting Time

The world does not consist of 100 percent Christians and 100 percent non-Christians. There are people (a great many of them) who are slowly ceasing to be Christians but who still call themselves by that name: some of them are clergymen. There are other people who are slowly becoming Christians though they do not yet call themselves so.

Christian, Names, People

A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line.

Men, Ideas, Atheism

C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.37, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

I find that when I think I am asking God to forgive me I am often in reality. . . asking Him not to forgive me but to excuse me.

Forgiveness, Reality, Thinking

Christ says, 'Give me all. I don't want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work: I want You.'

Giving, Want, Christ

C.S. Lewis (1996). “Joyful Christian”, p.179, Simon and Schuster

You'll never make a good impression on other people until you stop thinking what sort of impression you make.

Thinking, People, Impression

BBC Radio Talk: "Beyond Personality -- Mere Men", Broadcast 21 March 1944, BBC Home Service Radio

Most people, if they had really learned to look into their own hearts, would know that they do want, and want acutely, something that cannot be had in this world. There are all sorts of things in this world that offer to give it to you, but they never quite keep their promise.

Heart, Giving, People

C. S. Lewis (2012). “The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics”, p.117, HarperCollins UK

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

Courage, Army, Bravery

In Cyril Connolly 'The Unquiet Grave' (1944) ch. 31

Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man... It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest. Once the element of competition is gone, pride is gone.

Pride, Men, Competition

C.S. Lewis (1996). “Joyful Christian”, p.164, Simon and Schuster

Mere change is not growth. Growth is the synthesis of change and continuity, and where there is no continuity there is no growth.

Growth, Synthesis, Continuity

C. S. Lewis (2013). “Selected Literary Essays”, p.105, Cambridge University Press

We are not meant to be perpetually solemn: We must play.

Play, Solemn, Meant To Be

At present we are on the outside of the world, the wrong side of the door. We discern the freshness and purity of morning, but they do not make us fresh and pure. We cannot mingle with the splendours we see. But all the leaves of the New Testament are rustling with the rumour that it will not always be so. Some day, God willing, we shall get in.

Morning, Doors, World

C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.182, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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