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C S Lewis Quotes

Actually it seems to me that one can hardly say anything either bad enough or good enough about life Picture Quote #1

We are not the playwright, we are not the producer, we are not even the audience. We are on the stage Picture Quote #1

Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives Picture Quote #1

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn Picture Quote #1

God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing Picture Quote #1

Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time Picture Quote #1

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There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to whom God says, ‘All right, then, have it your way Picture Quote #1

What we call Man’s power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument Picture Quote #1

One is given strength to bear what happens to one, but not the 100 and 1 different things that might happen Picture Quote #1

Term, holidays, term, holidays, till we leave school, and then work, work, work till we die Picture Quote #1

Anyone who endeavors to be a Christian will soon find his intelligence being sharpened. You are embarking on something that is going to take the whole of you, brains and all Picture Quote #1

There is someone I accept even though I do not approve of all he does...and that someone is m Picture Quote #1

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Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable. How many hours are in a mile? Is yellow square or round? Probably half the questions we ask - half our great theological and metaphysical problems - are like that Picture Quote #1

Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become Picture Quote #1

Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith but they are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the passion of Christ Picture Quote #1

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey ‘people.’ People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest Picture Quote #1

Don’t use words too big for the subject. Don’t say ‘infinitely’ when you mean ‘very’ otherwise you’ll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite Picture Quote #1

If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this Picture Quote #1

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It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad Picture Quote #1

Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery’s shadow or reflection: the fact that you don’t merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief Picture Quote #1

The doctrine of the Second Coming teaches us that we do not and cannot know when the world drama will end. The curtain may be rung down at any moment: say, before you have finished reading this paragraph Picture Quote #1

When I lay these questions before God I get no answer. But a rather special sort of ‘No answer.’ It is not the locked door. It is more like a silent, certainly not uncompassionate, gaze. As though He shook His head not in refusal but waiving the question. Like, ‘Peace, child; you don’t understand Picture Quote #1

We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, Blessed are they that morn Picture Quote #1

What I like about experience is that it is such an honest thing. You may take any number of wrong turnings; but keep your eyes open and you will not be allowed to go very far before the warning signs appear. You may have deceived yourself, but experience is not trying to deceive you. The universe rings true wherever you fairly test it Picture Quote #1

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The thing is to rely on God. The time will come when you will regard all this misery as a small price to pay for having been brought to that dependence. Meanwhile, the trouble is that relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing has yet been done Picture Quote #1

We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito Picture Quote #1

The human heart is not unchanging (nay, changes almost out of recognition in the twinkling of an eye) Picture Quote #1

Don’t say it was delightful; make us say delightful when we’ve read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers Please will you do the job for me Picture Quote #1

He’s not safe, but he’s good (referring to Aslan, the Lion, in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) Picture Quote #1

[God] will not be used as a convenience. Men or nations who think they can revive the Faith in order to make a good society might just as well think they can use the stairs of heaven as a shortcut to the nearest chemist’s shop Picture Quote #1

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Actually it seems to me that one can hardly say anything either bad enough or good enough about life (C S Lewis Quotes) We are not the playwright, we are not the producer, we are not even the audience. We are on the stage (C S Lewis Quotes) Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives (C S Lewis Quotes) Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn (C S Lewis Quotes) God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing (C S Lewis Quotes) Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time (C S Lewis Quotes) There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to whom God says, ‘All right, then, have it your way (C S Lewis Quotes) What we call Man’s power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument (C S Lewis Quotes) One is given strength to bear what happens to one, but not the 100 and 1 different things that might happen (C S Lewis Quotes) Term, holidays, term, holidays, till we leave school, and then work, work, work till we die (C S Lewis Quotes) Anyone who endeavors to be a Christian will soon find his intelligence being sharpened. You are embarking on something that is going to take the whole of you, brains and all (C S Lewis Quotes) There is someone I accept even though I do not approve of all he does...and that someone is m (C S Lewis Quotes) Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable. How many hours are in a mile? Is yellow square or round? Probably half the questions we ask - half our great theological and metaphysical problems - are like that (C S Lewis Quotes) Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become (C S Lewis Quotes) Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith but they are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the passion of Christ (C S Lewis Quotes) Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey ‘people.’ People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest (C S Lewis Quotes) Don’t use words too big for the subject. Don’t say ‘infinitely’ when you mean ‘very’ otherwise you’ll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite (C S Lewis Quotes) If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this (C S Lewis Quotes) It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad (C S Lewis Quotes) Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery’s shadow or reflection: the fact that you don’t merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief (C S Lewis Quotes) The doctrine of the Second Coming teaches us that we do not and cannot know when the world drama will end. The curtain may be rung down at any moment: say, before you have finished reading this paragraph (C S Lewis Quotes) When I lay these questions before God I get no answer. But a rather special sort of ‘No answer.’ It is not the locked door. It is more like a silent, certainly not uncompassionate, gaze. As though He shook His head not in refusal but waiving the question. Like, ‘Peace, child; you don’t understand (C S Lewis Quotes) We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, Blessed are they that morn (C S Lewis Quotes) What I like about experience is that it is such an honest thing. You may take any number of wrong turnings; but keep your eyes open and you will not be allowed to go very far before the warning signs appear. You may have deceived yourself, but experience is not trying to deceive you. The universe rings true wherever you fairly test it (C S Lewis Quotes) The thing is to rely on God. The time will come when you will regard all this misery as a small price to pay for having been brought to that dependence. Meanwhile, the trouble is that relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing has yet been done (C S Lewis Quotes) We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito (C S Lewis Quotes) The human heart is not unchanging (nay, changes almost out of recognition in the twinkling of an eye) (C S Lewis Quotes) Don’t say it was delightful; make us say delightful when we’ve read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers Please will you do the job for me (C S Lewis Quotes) He’s not safe, but he’s good (referring to Aslan, the Lion, in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) (C S Lewis Quotes) [God] will not be used as a convenience. Men or nations who think they can revive the Faith in order to make a good society might just as well think they can use the stairs of heaven as a shortcut to the nearest chemist’s shop (C S Lewis Quotes)

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