An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason. C. S. Lewis More Quotes by C. S. Lewis More Quotes From C. S. Lewis Never, in peace or war, commit your virtue or your happiness to the future. Happy work is best done by the man who takes his long-term plans somewhat lightly and works from moment to moment 'as to the Lord.' It is only our daily bread that we are encouraged to ask for. The present is the only time in which any duty can be done or any grace received. C. S. Lewis menwarlong Theocracy is the worst of all governments. If we must have a tyrant, a robber baron is far better than an inquisitor. The baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity at some point be sated; and since he dimly knows he is doing wrong he may possibly repent. But the inquisitor who mistakes his own cruelty and lust of power and fear for the voice of Heaven will torment us infinitely because he torments us with the approval of his own conscience and his better impulses appear to him as temptations. C. S. Lewis tyrantsmistakesleep Badness is only spoiled goodness. C. S. Lewis spoiledgoodnessevil The cross comes before the crown and tomorrow is a Monday morning! C. S. Lewis crownsmondaymorning Novelty may fix our attention not even on the service but on the celebrant. You know what I mean. Try as one may to exclude it, the question "What on earth is he up to now?" will intrude. It lays one's devotion waste. There is really some excuse for the man who said, "I wish they'd remember that the charge to Peter was Feed my sheep; not Try experiments on my rats, or even, Teach my performing dogs new tricks. C. S. Lewis dogmenmean For most of us the prayer in Gethsemane is the only model. Removing mountains can wait. C. S. Lewis mountainprayerwaiting And so for a time it looked as if all the adventures were coming to and end; but that was not to be. C. S. Lewis lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobeendsadventure Prosperity knits a man to the world. He feels that he is finding his place in it, while really it is finding its place in him. C. S. Lewis wisdommenworld The only things we can keep are the things we freely give to God. What we try to keep for ourselves is just what we are sure to lose. C. S. Lewis letting-gotryinggiving Tea should be taken in solitude. C. S. Lewis solitudetakentea A concentrated mind and a sitting body make for better prayer than a kneeling body and a mind half asleep. C. S. Lewis sittingprayermind Everyone feels benevolent if nothing happens to be annoying him at the moment. C. S. Lewis annoyingmomentsfeels Do not by any means destroy yourself, for if you live you may yet have good fortune, but all the dead are dead like. C. S. Lewis fortunemaymean Those who cannot conceive of Friendship as a substantive love but only as a disguise or elaboration of Eros betray the fact that they have never had a Friend. C. S. Lewis betraydisguisefacts If you had felt yourself sufficient, it would have been a proof that you were not. C. S. Lewis kingshipproofnarnia They did nothing wrong their time here has ended C. S. Lewis I have been wandering to find him and my happiness is so great that it even weakens me like a wound. And this is the marvel of marvels, that he called me Beloved, me who am but as a dog. C. S. Lewis wanderbeloveddog He wants them to learn to walk and must therefore take away His hand. C. S. Lewis screwtape-letterswanthands It is easy to acknowledge, but almost impossible to realize for long, that we are mirrors whose brightness, if we are bright, is wholly derived from the sun that shines upon us. C. S. Lewis sunshinereflectioninspirational I have come," said a deep voice behind them. They turned and saw the Lion himself, so bright and real and strong that everything else began at once to look pale and shadowy compared with him. C. S. Lewis voicestrongreal
