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C. S. Lewis Quotes - Page 9

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When I have learned to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now.

When I have learned to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now.

Love, Marriage, Valentines Day

When you have reached your own room, be kind to those Who have chosen different doors and to those who are still in the hall.

Inspirational, Doors, Different

C. S. Lewis (2012). “The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics”, p.13, HarperCollins UK

The stamp of the Saint is that he can waive his own rights and obey the Lord Jesus.

Jesus, Rights, Religion

If God had granted all the silly prayers I've made in my life, where should I be now?

Inspirational, Prayer, Silly

C. S. Lewis (2002). “Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer”, p.32, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

We are what we believe we are.

Believe, Positive Thinking, Positive Attitude

I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice?

Faith, Religion, Answers

C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.26, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

We have to be continually reminded of what we believe. Neither this belief nor any other will automatically remain alive in the mind. It must be fed.

Believe, Mind, Alive

"The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics".

We were made not primarily that we may love God, but that God may love us.

May, God Love, Made

C. S. Lewis (1984). “The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C. S. Lewis”, p.24, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Nobody who gets enough food and clothing in a world where most are hungry and cold has any business to talk about 'misery.'

World, Misery, Cold

We may think God wants actions of a certain kind, but God wants people of a certain kind.

Life, Wisdom, Thinking

In God there is no hunger that needs to be filled, only plenteousness that desires to give.

Giving, Desire, Needs

C.S. Lewis (1996). “Joyful Christian”, p.195, Simon and Schuster

You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.

Inspirational, Truth, Believe

C.S. Lewis (2012). “A Grief Observed”, p.13, Faber & Faber

God is not an optional extra, He's an absolute must!

Extras, Absolutes, Optional

A cold, self-righteous prig who goes regularly to church may be far nearer to Hell than a prostitute.

Self, Church, May

C. S. Lewis (2012). “The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics”, p.93, HarperCollins UK

Bereavement is a universal and integral part of our experience of love.

Bereavement, Grief Observed, Universal

C.S. Lewis (2012). “A Grief Observed”, p.25, Faber & Faber

Only a real risk tests the reality of a belief.

Real, Risk, Tests

C.S. Lewis (2012). “A Grief Observed”, p.13, Faber & Faber

I do not know why there is this difference, but I am sure that God keeps no one waiting unless He sees that it is good for him to wait. When you do enter your room, you will find that the long wait has done you some kind of good which you would not have had otherwise. But you must regard it as waiting, not as camping. You must keep on praying for light: and of course, even in the hall, you must begin trying to obey the rules which are common to the whole house. And above all you must be asking which door is the true one; not which pleases you best by its paint and paneling.

Light, Doors, Differences

The question is not what we intended ourselves to be, but what He intended us to be when He made us.

God, Self, Intention

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

It's no use telling us that something was 'mysterious' or 'loathsome' or 'awe-inspiring' or 'voluptuous.' By direct description, by metaphor and simile, by secretly evoking powerful associations, by offering the right stimuli to our nerves (in the right degree and the right order), and by the very beat and vowel-melody and length and brevity of your sentences, you must bring it about that we, we readers, not you, exclaim, 'how mysterious!' or 'loathsome' or whatever it is. Let me taste for myself, and you'll have no need to tell me how I should react.

Powerful, Offering, Order

As Christians we are tempted to make unnecessary concessions to those outside the faith. We give in too much. Now, I don't mean that we should run the risk of making a nuisance of ourselves by witnessing at improper times, but there comes a time when we must show that we disagree.

Christian, Running, Mean

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If they are wrong they need your prayers all the more; and if they are your enemies, then you are under orders to pray for them. That is one of the rules common to the whole house.

Prayer, Order, House

C. S. Lewis (2009). “Mere Christianity”, p.10, HarperCollins UK

In silence and in meditation on the eternal truths, I hear the voice of God which excites our hearts to greater love.

Heart, Voice, Silence

Good and evil increase at compound interest. That's why the little decisions we make every day are of infinite importance.

Decisions We Make, Evil, Littles

Some journeys take us far from home. Some adventures lead us to our destiny.

Adventure, Home, Journey

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe/ Taglines". www.imdb.com. 2005.

Seek Unity and you will find neither Unity nor Truth.Seek the light of truth, and you will find Unity and Truth.

Light, Unity

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