C.S. Lewis Quotes

There have been men before … who got so interested in proving the existence of God that they came to care nothing for God himself… as if the good Lord had nothing to do but to exist. There have been s...

Things never happen the same way twice.

We need not despair even in our worst, for our failures are forgiven. The only fatal thing is to sit down content with anything less than perfection.

Welcome, Prince,' said Aslan. 'Do you feel yourself sufficient to take up the Kingship of Narnia?'I - I don't think I do, Sir,' said Caspian. 'I am only a kid.'Good,' said Aslan. 'If you had felt your...

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

When they have really learned to love their neighbours as themselves, they will be allowed to love themselves as their neighbours.

You have a traitor there, Aslan, said the Witch. Of course everyone present knew that she meant Edmund. But Edmund had got past thinking about himself after all he'd been through and after the talk he...

You have not chosen one another, but I have chosen you for one another.

Your real, new self (which is Christ's and also yours, and yours just because it is His) will not come as long as you are looking for it. It will come when you are looking for Him. Does that sound str...

The rule of the universe is that others can do for us what we cannot do for ourselves, and one can paddle every canoe except one's own.

We do not enjoy a story fully at the first reading.

A dragon has just flown over the tree-tops and lighted on the beach. Yes, I am afraid it is between us and the ship. And arrows are no use against dragons. And they're not at all afraid of fire.With y...

Above all, do not attempt to use science (I mean, the real sciences) as a defence against Christianity. They will positively encourage him to think about realities he can’t touch and see.

Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our natural lives.

Alas, said Aslan, shaking his head. It will. Things always work according to their nature. She has won her heart's desire; she has unwearying strength and endless days like a goddess. But length of da...

Aslan is a lion- the Lion, the great Lion. Ooh said Susan. I'd thought he was a man. Is he-quite safe? I shall feel rather nervous about meeting a lion...Safe? said Mr Beaver ...Who said anything abou...

Awake. Love. Think. Speak. Be walking trees. Be talking beasts. Be divine waters.

But I will not tell you how long or short the way will be; only that it lies across a river. But do not fear that, for I am the great Bridge Builder.

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 t...

Child,' said the Lion, 'I am telling you your story, not hers. No one is told any story but their own.