C. S. Lewis
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Quotes from CS Lewis (Belfast, November 29, 1898 - Oxford, November 22, 1963): Writer, literary scholar, and theologian, probably best known for his works such as The Chronicles of Narnia and Mere Christianity
"Whatever may have been the powers of unfallen man, it appears that those of redeemed Man will be almost unlimited. Christ, re-ascending from His great dive, is bringing up Human Nature with Him. Where He goes, it goes too. It will be made 'like Him’”
Source: Miracles
Source: Miracles
December 4, 2025 at 6:48 AM
"Whatever may have been the powers of unfallen man, it appears that those of redeemed Man will be almost unlimited. Christ, re-ascending from His great dive, is bringing up Human Nature with Him. Where He goes, it goes too. It will be made 'like Him’”
Source: Miracles
Source: Miracles
“‘If you have not chosen the Kingdom of God, it will make in the end no difference what you have chosen instead.’ Those are hard words to take. Will it really make no difference whether it was women or patriotism, cocaine or art, whisky or a seat in the Cabinet, money or science? …”
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December 3, 2025 at 5:45 AM
“‘If you have not chosen the Kingdom of God, it will make in the end no difference what you have chosen instead.’ Those are hard words to take. Will it really make no difference whether it was women or patriotism, cocaine or art, whisky or a seat in the Cabinet, money or science? …”
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“For He claims all, because He is love and must bless. He cannot bless us unless He has us. [...] Therefore, in love, He claims all. There’s no bargaining with Him”
Source: Sermon preached on January 29, 1956
Source: Sermon preached on January 29, 1956
December 2, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“For He claims all, because He is love and must bless. He cannot bless us unless He has us. [...] Therefore, in love, He claims all. There’s no bargaining with Him”
Source: Sermon preached on January 29, 1956
Source: Sermon preached on January 29, 1956
“Joy is the serious business of heaven”
Source: Letters to Malcolm
Source: Letters to Malcolm
December 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM
“Joy is the serious business of heaven”
Source: Letters to Malcolm
Source: Letters to Malcolm
"When natural things look most divine, the demoniac is just round the corner”
Source: The Four Loves
Source: The Four Loves
November 30, 2025 at 7:14 AM
"When natural things look most divine, the demoniac is just round the corner”
Source: The Four Loves
Source: The Four Loves
“Blessed and fortunate creature, your eyes shall behold Him and not another's. All that you are, sins apart, is destined, if you will let God have His good way, to utter satisfaction. The Brocken spectre 'looked to every man like his first love', because she was a cheat …”
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November 29, 2025 at 7:26 AM
“Blessed and fortunate creature, your eyes shall behold Him and not another's. All that you are, sins apart, is destined, if you will let God have His good way, to utter satisfaction. The Brocken spectre 'looked to every man like his first love', because she was a cheat …”
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“Enemy-occupied territory—that is what this world is. Christianity is the story of how the rightful king has landed, you might say landed in disguise, and is calling us to take part in a great campaign of sabotage”
Source: Mere Christianity
Source: Mere Christianity
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 AM
“Enemy-occupied territory—that is what this world is. Christianity is the story of how the rightful king has landed, you might say landed in disguise, and is calling us to take part in a great campaign of sabotage”
Source: Mere Christianity
Source: Mere Christianity
"Sometimes fairy stories may say best what's to be said”
Source: New York Times, Nov. 18, 1956
Source: New York Times, Nov. 18, 1956
November 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
"Sometimes fairy stories may say best what's to be said”
Source: New York Times, Nov. 18, 1956
Source: New York Times, Nov. 18, 1956
“If anyone would like to acquire humility, I can, I think, tell him the first step. The first step is to realise that one is proud. And a biggish step, too. At least, nothing whatever can be done before it …”
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November 26, 2025 at 3:49 AM
“If anyone would like to acquire humility, I can, I think, tell him the first step. The first step is to realise that one is proud. And a biggish step, too. At least, nothing whatever can be done before it …”
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“In God there is no hunger that needs to be filled, only plenteousness that desires to give”
Source: The Four Loves
Source: The Four Loves
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 AM
“In God there is no hunger that needs to be filled, only plenteousness that desires to give”
Source: The Four Loves
Source: The Four Loves
“He who has God and everything else has no more than he who has God only”
Source: The Weight of Glory
Source: The Weight of Glory
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 AM
“He who has God and everything else has no more than he who has God only”
Source: The Weight of Glory
Source: The Weight of Glory
“A man may have to die for his country, but no man must, in an exclusive sense, live for his country. He who surrenders himself without reservation to the temporal claims of a nation, or a party, or a class is rendering to Caesar …”
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November 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
“A man may have to die for his country, but no man must, in an exclusive sense, live for his country. He who surrenders himself without reservation to the temporal claims of a nation, or a party, or a class is rendering to Caesar …”
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"People [have] no particular ages in Aslan’s country. Even in this world, of course, it is the stupidest children who are most childish and the stupidest grown-ups who are most grown-up”
Source: The Silver Chair
Source: The Silver Chair
November 22, 2025 at 7:11 AM
"People [have] no particular ages in Aslan’s country. Even in this world, of course, it is the stupidest children who are most childish and the stupidest grown-ups who are most grown-up”
Source: The Silver Chair
Source: The Silver Chair
"Nothing can deceive unless it bears a plausible resemblance to reality”
Source: An Experiment in Criticism
Source: An Experiment in Criticism
November 21, 2025 at 8:10 AM
"Nothing can deceive unless it bears a plausible resemblance to reality”
Source: An Experiment in Criticism
Source: An Experiment in Criticism
“[F]allen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement: he is a rebel who must lay down his arms. Laying down your arms, surrendering, saying you are sorry, realising that you have been on the wrong track and getting ready to start life over again from the ground floor …”
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November 19, 2025 at 4:46 AM
“[F]allen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement: he is a rebel who must lay down his arms. Laying down your arms, surrendering, saying you are sorry, realising that you have been on the wrong track and getting ready to start life over again from the ground floor …”
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“If you have not chosen the kingdom of God, it will in the end make no difference what you have chosen instead”
Source: The Weight of Glory
Source: The Weight of Glory
November 18, 2025 at 4:55 AM
“If you have not chosen the kingdom of God, it will in the end make no difference what you have chosen instead”
Source: The Weight of Glory
Source: The Weight of Glory
"The more we let God take us over, the more truly ourselves we become because He made us. He invented us. He invented all the different people that you and I were intended to be …”
Source: Mere Christianity
Source: Mere Christianity
November 17, 2025 at 5:56 AM
"The more we let God take us over, the more truly ourselves we become because He made us. He invented us. He invented all the different people that you and I were intended to be …”
Source: Mere Christianity
Source: Mere Christianity
“My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust?"
Source: Mere Christianity
Source: Mere Christianity
November 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
“My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust?"
Source: Mere Christianity
Source: Mere Christianity
“People who have not been in Narnia sometimes think that a thing cannot be good and terrible at the same time. If the children had ever thought so, they were cured of it now. For when they tried to look at Aslan's face …”
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November 15, 2025 at 5:44 AM
“People who have not been in Narnia sometimes think that a thing cannot be good and terrible at the same time. If the children had ever thought so, they were cured of it now. For when they tried to look at Aslan's face …”
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“It's so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see him”
Source: Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer
Source: Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer
November 14, 2025 at 4:36 AM
“It's so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see him”
Source: Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer
Source: Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer
“That raises a terrible question. How is it that people who are quite obviously eaten up with Pride can say they believe in God and appear to themselves very religious? I am afraid it means they are worshiping an imaginary God”
Source: Mere Christianity
Source: Mere Christianity
November 13, 2025 at 4:18 AM
“That raises a terrible question. How is it that people who are quite obviously eaten up with Pride can say they believe in God and appear to themselves very religious? I am afraid it means they are worshiping an imaginary God”
Source: Mere Christianity
Source: Mere Christianity
“We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and privacy: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship”
Source: The Weight of Glory
Source: The Weight of Glory
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 AM
“We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and privacy: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship”
Source: The Weight of Glory
Source: The Weight of Glory
"We may note in passing that He was never regarded as a mere moral teacher. He did not produce that effect on any of the people who actually met Him. He produced mainly three results–Hatred–Terror–Adoration. There was no trace of people expressing mild admiration”
Source: God in the Dock
Source: God in the Dock
November 11, 2025 at 6:33 AM
"We may note in passing that He was never regarded as a mere moral teacher. He did not produce that effect on any of the people who actually met Him. He produced mainly three results–Hatred–Terror–Adoration. There was no trace of people expressing mild admiration”
Source: God in the Dock
Source: God in the Dock
“There (in the Psalms) ... I find an experience fully God-centered, asking of God no gift more urgently than His Presence, the gift of Himself, joyous to the highest degree, and unmistakably real”
Source: Reflections on the Psalms
Source: Reflections on the Psalms
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 AM
“There (in the Psalms) ... I find an experience fully God-centered, asking of God no gift more urgently than His Presence, the gift of Himself, joyous to the highest degree, and unmistakably real”
Source: Reflections on the Psalms
Source: Reflections on the Psalms
"Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods”
Source: Mere Christianity
Source: Mere Christianity
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 AM
"Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods”
Source: Mere Christianity
Source: Mere Christianity